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title: Saffie gets home at 3:45 and Mam gets home at 6:00. Mrs Hughes pops… — Mum on her own, Dad on his own · tree and pragmatics
description: Saffie gets home at 3:45 and Mam gets home at 6:00. Mrs Hughes pops round every 45 minutes, starting at 4:00. How many times does she pop round before Mam is home? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

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Saffie gets home at 3:45 and Mam gets home at 6:00. Mrs Hughes pops round every 45 minutes, starting at 4:00. How many times does she pop round before Mam is home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Saffie, Mam, Mrs · **What happens:** get, pop, start, be · **To what, where:** 3:45, 6:00, 4:00, Mam

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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/515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Saffie gets home at 3:45 and Mam gets home at 6:00.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t1:1
# text = Saffie gets home at 3:45 and Mam gets home at 6:00.
1	Saffie	Saffie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	3:45	3:45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	Mam	Mam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	6:00	6:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Saffie |  |  | 3:45 |  | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **get** | present | Mam |  |  | 6:00 |  | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Mrs Hughes pops round every 45 minutes, starting at 4:00.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t1:2
# text = Mrs Hughes pops round every 45 minutes, starting at 4:00.
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Hughes	Hughes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	pops	pop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	round	round	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	45	45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	4:00	4:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop** | present | Mrs |  |  |  | minute | round *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **start** | gerund | Mrs *not said here* |  |  | 4:00 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* How many times does she pop round before Mam is home?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t1:3
# text = How many times does she pop round before Mam is home?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pop	pop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Mam	Mam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop** | present · do-support | Mrs |  |  | Mam | time | round *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before mam=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Mrs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t1:o1:1
# text = 2
1	2	2	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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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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3

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t1:o2:1
# text = 3
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t1:o3:1
# text = 4
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:515-mum-on-her-own-dad-on-his-own:t1:o4:1
# text = 5
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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