--- title: ★★★ Toad gets 1 year, then 3 years, then 15 years, and the Chairman… — Gaols, magistrates and old punishments… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Toad gets 1 year, then 3 years, then 15 years, and the Chairman rounds the total up to twenty. If Toad had already served 9 months when he escaped, how many months of the twenty years were left? 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If Toad had already served 9 months when he escaped, how many months of the twenty years were left? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Chairman, Toad · **What happens:** get, round up, serve, escape, leave · **To what, where:** total, Toad This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» 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/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Toad gets 1 year, then 3 years, then 15 years, and the Chairman rounds the total up to twenty. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t11:1 # text = ★★★ Toad gets 1 year, then 3 years, then 15 years, and the Chairman rounds the total up to twenty. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Chairman chairman NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 rounds round VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 total total NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | ★ ★ ★ Toad | | | | year | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **round up** | present | the Chairman | the total | | | | to twenty *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent total=Patient to twenty=Result | 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:* If Toad had already served 9 months when he escaped, how many months of the twenty years were left? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t11:2 # text = If Toad had already served 9 months when he escaped, how many months of the twenty years were left? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 6 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | Toad | | | month | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 2 | **escape** | past | Toad | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past · passive | | | | | month; year | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 219 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t11:o1:1 # text = 219 1 219 219 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 211 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t11:o2:1 # text = 211 1 211 211 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 240 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t11:o3:1 # text = 240 1 240 240 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 231 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t11:o4:1 # text = 231 1 231 231 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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