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title: ★★★ Jordan's dad came back in January, left in February, came back i… — The parent who left, and a new partner · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Jordan's dad came back in January, left in February, came back in June, left in July, came back in October. How many times has he come back this year so far? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 9 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner

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★★★ Jordan's dad came back in January, left in February, came back in June, left in July, came back in October. How many times has he come back this year so far?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, many times · **What happens:** come back, leave · **To what, where:** June

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Jordan's dad came back in January, left in February, came back in June, left in July, came back in October.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t9:1
# text = ★★★ Jordan's dad came back in January, left in February, came back in June, left in July, came back in October.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
26	back	back	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	October	October	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | past | ★ |  |  |  | january |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past | ★ *not said here* |  |  |  | february |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come back** | past |  |  |  |  | june |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **leave** | participle |  | June *not said here* |  |  | july |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **come back** | past |  |  |  |  | october |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 times has he come back this year so far?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t9:2
# text = How many times has he come back this year so far?
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	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | present | many times |  |  |  | year | far *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t9:o1:1
# 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 2 {#o2}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t9:o2:1
# 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.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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3

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t9:o3:1
# 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 4 {#o4}

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2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner:t9: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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