--- title: ★★★ Mila got her first yearly letter when she was 2. She is 10 now a… — Adoption · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Mila got her first yearly letter when she was 2. She is 10 now and got this year's letter. How many letters are in her box? Test 9 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 choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/522-adoption/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Adoption ★★★ Mila got her first yearly letter when she was 2. She is 10 now and got this year's letter. How many letters are in her box? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Mila, year, many letters · **What happens:** get, be, letter · **To what, where:** letter, 2, 10, box This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Mila got her first yearly letter when she was 2. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t9:1 # text = ★★★ Mila got her first yearly letter when she was 2. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 Mila Mila PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ _ 8 yearly yearly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | ★ | Mila's letter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | ★ | 2 | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **letter** | | Mila | | | | | | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 10 now and got this year's letter. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t9:2 # text = She is 10 now and got this year's letter. 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 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | ★ | 10 | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | | this year's letter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus | | 3 | **letter** | | this year | | | | | | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 3:* How many letters are in her box? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t9:3 # text = How many letters are in her box? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | many letters | | | ★'s box | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 10 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t9:o1:1 # text = 10 1 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 2 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t9:o2:1 # text = 2 1 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 9 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t9:o3:1 # 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 4 {#o4} 8 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption: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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