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# Test 10 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner

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★★★ Corey says, «Dad didn't ring on my 9th or my 10th, but he rang at Christmas between them.» How many of those three days did Dad ring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Dad, many · **What happens:** say, not ring, ring · **To what, where:** 9th, Christmas · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Corey says, «Dad didn't ring on my 9th or my 10th, but he rang at Christmas between them.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t10:1
# text = ★★★ Corey says, «Dad didn't ring on my 9th or my 10th, but he rang at Christmas between them.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Corey	Corey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	9th	9th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	11	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	10th	10th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	between	between	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ Corey |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **ring** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Dad |  |  | my 9th or my 10th |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on 9th=Location |
| 3 | **ring** *in a quote* | past | Dad |  |  | Christmas |  | between them *= they* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at christmas=Location |

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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:* How many of those three days did Dad ring?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t10:2
# text = How many of those three days did Dad ring?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past · do-support | many of that three days |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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3

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t10:o1:1
# 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 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t10:o2:1
# text = 1
1	1	1	NUM	LS	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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0

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t10:o3:1
# text = 0
1	0	0	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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2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t10:o4:1
# 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.

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