--- title: ★★★ Sam-Jo was 3 and Ruby was 6 when they were adopted. Sam-Jo is 9… — Adoption · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Sam-Jo was 3 and Ruby was 6 when they were adopted. Sam-Jo is 9 now. How old is Ruby, and how many years ago were they adopted? Test 8 of lesson 522 «Adoption» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/522-adoption/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Adoption](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/522-adoption/) / t8 # Test 8 · Adoption ★★★ Sam-Jo was 3 and Ruby was 6 when they were adopted. Sam-Jo is 9 now. How old is Ruby, and how many years ago were they adopted? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Sam · **What happens:** be, adopt · **To what, where:** 3, 6, ★, 9, old Ruby This is test 8 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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/522-adoption/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Sam-Jo was 3 and Ruby was 6 when they were adopted. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t8:1 # text = ★★★ Sam-Jo was 3 and Ruby was 6 when they were adopted. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Jo Jo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 list _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | 3 | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | ★ ★ Sam Jo and Ruby | 6 | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **adopt** | past · passive | | ★ | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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:* Sam-Jo is 9 now. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t8:2 # text = Sam-Jo is 9 now. 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Jo Jo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Sam | 9 | | | now | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* How old is Ruby, and how many years ago were they adopted? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t8:3 # text = How old is Ruby, and how many years ago were they adopted? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 ago ago ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | old Ruby | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **adopt** | past · passive | | old Ruby | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 15, and 6 years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t8:o1:1 # text = 15, and 6 years ago 1 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 9, and 6 years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t8:o2:1 # text = 9, and 6 years ago 1 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 12, and 3 years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t8:o3:1 # text = 12, and 3 years ago 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 12, and 6 years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t8:o4:1 # text = 12, and 6 years ago 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 5 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 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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