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title: ★★★ Leo had lunch at 12:00 and at 3:30 shouts «I haven't eaten in li… — Starving, a million times and a ton: e… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Leo had lunch at 12:00 and at 3:30 shouts «I haven't eaten in like a hundred years». How long has it really been since he ate? Test 10 of lesson 44 «Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 10 · Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole

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★★★ Leo had lunch at 12:00 and at 3:30 shouts «I haven't eaten in like a hundred years». How long has it really been since he ate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, lunch · **What happens:** have, shout, not eat in, be · **To what, where:** lunch, 12:00, 3:30 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 44 «Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole» of the language 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/language/44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Leo had lunch at 12:00 and at 3:30 shouts «I haven't eaten in like a hundred years».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t10:1
# text = ★★★ Leo had lunch at 12:00 and at 3:30 shouts «I haven't eaten in like a hundred years».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	12:00	12:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	3:30	3:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	_
12	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	ccomp	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	like	like	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | ★ ★ Leo | lunch |  | 12:00 |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | ★ ★ Leo *not said here* |  |  | 3:30 |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **eat in** *in a quote* | present · perfect | ★ ★ Leo *= ★* |  |  |  | year |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How long has it really been since he ate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t10:2
# text = How long has it really been since he ate?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
7	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | participle | lunch |  |  |  |  | eat *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Four and a half hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t10:o1:1
# text = Four and a half hours
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	compound	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two and a half hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t10:o2:1
# text = Two and a half hours
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	compound	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hundred years, just as he says

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t10:o3:1
# text = A hundred years, just as he says
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a hundred years |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three and a half hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:44-starving-a-million-times-and-a-ton-everyday-hyperbole:t10:o4:1
# text = Three and a half hours
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	compound	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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