--- title: ★★★ A chauffeur drives at 20 miles an hour for 3 hours, then 10 mile… — Toad's Edwardian England: early motor… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ A chauffeur drives at 20 miles an hour for 3 hours, then 10 miles an hour for 1 hour because of the dust. Toad says they went 100 miles. How far did they really go? 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Toad says they went 100 miles. How far did they really go? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, chauffeur, Toad, miles · **What happens:** ★, drive, say, go · **To what, where:** 10 miles, 100 miles · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 83 «Toad's Edwardian England: early motor cars, caravans, steam trains, wash day and gold sovereigns» of the history 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/history/83-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ A chauffeur drives at 20 miles an hour for 3 hours, then 10 miles an hour for 1 hour because of the dust. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:83-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns:t11:1 # text = ★★★ A chauffeur drives at 20 miles an hour for 3 hours, then 10 miles an hour for 1 hour because of the dust. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chauffeur chauffeur NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 drives drive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 17 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:unmarked _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 24 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 27 case _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **★** | present | ★ | 10 miles a hour for 1 hour | | | | because the dust | tree rules | | 2 | **drive** | present | a chauffeur | | | | hour | at 20 miles | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=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:* Toad says they went 100 miles. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:83-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns:t11:2 # text = Toad says they went 100 miles. 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Toad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past | miles *= mile* | 100 miles | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mile=Theme | *Sentence 3:* How far did they really go? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:83-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns:t11:3 # text = How far did they really go? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | miles *= mile* | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 80 miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:83-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns:t11:o1:1 # text = 80 miles 1 80 80 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 100 miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:83-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns:t11:o2:1 # text = 100 miles 1 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 60 miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:83-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns:t11:o3:1 # text = 60 miles 1 60 60 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 70 miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:83-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns:t11:o4:1 # text = 70 miles 1 70 70 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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