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title: Mei-Lin calls her cousin at 11 in the morning on a Sunday, London ti… — Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei-Lin calls her cousin at 11 in the morning on a Sunday, London time, in winter. What time is it in Shanghai? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 1 · ★ · Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away

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Mei-Lin calls her cousin at 11 in the morning on a Sunday, London time, in winter. What time is it in Shanghai?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mei, time · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** cousin, Shanghai · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» 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/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei-Lin calls her cousin at 11 in the morning on a Sunday, London time, in winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t1:1
# text = Mei-Lin calls her cousin at 11 in the morning on a Sunday, London time, in winter.
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Lin	Lin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Mei | Mei's cousin |  |  | morning; sunday; winter | at 11 | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme at 11=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What time is it in Shanghai?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t1:2
# text = What time is it in Shanghai?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Shanghai	Shanghai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | what time |  |  | Shanghai |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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11 in the morning, Sunday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t1:o1:1
# text = 11 in the morning, Sunday
1	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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7 in the evening, Sunday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t1:o2:1
# text = 7 in the evening, Sunday
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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7 in the morning, Monday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t1:o3:1
# text = 7 in the morning, Monday
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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3 in the morning, Sunday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away:t1:o4:1
# text = 3 in the morning, Sunday
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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