--- title: ★★★ Freya-Lou was 6 months old when her mum died. She is 9 now. How… — When a parent has died · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Freya-Lou was 6 months old when her mum died. She is 9 now. How many years has it been, rounded to the nearest half year? 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How many years has it been, rounded to the nearest half year? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, mum, many years · **What happens:** be, die, have, round · **To what, where:** 9, it This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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/518-when-a-parent-has-died/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Freya-Lou was 6 months old when her mum died. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t9:1 # text = ★★★ Freya-Lou was 6 months old when her mum died. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Freya Freya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Lou Lou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | ★ ★ Freya and Lou | | | | month | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | past | Lou's mum | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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:* She is 9 now. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t9:2 # text = She is 9 now. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | mum | 9 | | | now | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* How many years has it been, rounded to the nearest half year? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t9:3 # text = How many years has it been, rounded to the nearest half year? 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 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 rounded round VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 12 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 13 compound _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | many years | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **round** | participle · passive | | it | | | year | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 9 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t9:o1:1 # text = 9 1 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 8 and a half ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t9:o2:1 # text = 8 and a half 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 9 and a half ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t9:o3:1 # text = 9 and a half 1 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 8 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t9:o4:1 # text = 8 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 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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