--- title: ★★★ Ifeoma watches the twins from 4:50 to 5:20, Mum's 15 minutes lat… — Minding the little ones: «you're the o… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Ifeoma watches the twins from 4:50 to 5:20, Mum's 15 minutes late back. If Mum had been on time, how long would Ifeoma have watched them? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Minding the little ones: «you're the o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest» ★★★ Ifeoma watches the twins from 4:50 to 5:20, Mum's 15 minutes late back. If Mum had been on time, how long would Ifeoma have watched them? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Mum, Ifeoma · **What happens:** watch, be · **To what, where:** twins, 4:50 This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ifeoma watches the twins from 4:50 to 5:20, Mum's 15 minutes late back. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t8:1 # text = ★★★ Ifeoma watches the twins from 4:50 to 5:20, Mum's 15 minutes late back. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 Ifeoma Ifeoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 5 watches watch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 4:50 4:50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 5:20 5:20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | present | ★ | the twins | | 4:50 to 5:20 | minute | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twin=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* If Mum had been on time, how long would Ifeoma have watched them? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t8:2 # text = If Mum had been on time, how long would Ifeoma have watched them? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 Ifeoma Ifeoma PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux _ _ 13 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Mum | | | | on time | | tree rules | | 2 | **watch** | would · perfect | Ifeoma | twins *= twin* | | | | long *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 30 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t8:o1:1 # text = 30 minutes 1 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 15 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t8:o2:1 # text = 15 minutes 1 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 45 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t8:o3:1 # text = 45 minutes 1 45 45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 35 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:502-minding-the-little-ones-youre-the-oldest:t8:o4:1 # text = 35 minutes 1 35 35 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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