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How many years until Pixie is 12 and wears it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Holly, winter coat, many years · **What happens:** be, fit, pass down, wear · **To what, where:** 12, 12-year-old, coat This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 509 «The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs» 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/509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Holly is 12, Fern 9, Pixie 6. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t2:1 # text = Holly is 12, Fern 9, Pixie 6. 1 Holly Holly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 Fern Fern PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 Pixie pixie ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Holly | 12 | | | | | tree rules | 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:* Holly's winter coat fits a 12-year-old and gets passed down. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t2:2 # text = Holly's winter coat fits a 12-year-old and gets passed down. 1 Holly Holly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 12-year-old 12-year-old NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | present | Holly's winter coat | a 12-year-old | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 12-year-old=Patient | | 2 | **pass down** | present · passive | Holly's winter coat *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V» | *Sentence 3:* How many years until Pixie is 12 and wears it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t2:3 # text = How many years until Pixie is 12 and wears it? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 until until ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Pixie Pixie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | many years until Pixie | 12 | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | present | many years until Pixie *not said here* | coat | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 9 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t2:o1:1 # text = 9 years 1 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 6 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t2:o2:1 # text = 6 years 1 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 12 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t2:o3:1 # text = 12 years 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 3 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t2:o4:1 # text = 3 years 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year 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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