--- title: Maya's grandpa, a proper boomer: "Back in my day we had no TV guide.… — Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Maya's grandpa, a proper boomer: "Back in my day we had no TV guide." Maya's cartoon is at 17:30 and it's 16:50. How long till it starts? 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How long till it starts? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandpa, cartoon, Maya · **What happens:** have, be, cartoon, start · **To what, where:** TV guide, 17:30, 16:50 This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 104 «Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day» of the world 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/world/104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Maya's grandpa, a proper boomer: "Back in my day we had no TV guide." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t6:1 # text = Maya's grandpa, a proper boomer: "Back in my day we had no TV guide." 1 Maya Maya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 grandpa grandpa NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 boomer boomer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 17 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Maya's grandpa and a proper boomer | no TV guide | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guide=Patient | 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:* Maya's cartoon is at 17:30 and it's 16:50. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t6:2 # text = Maya's cartoon is at 17:30 and it's 16:50. 1 Maya Maya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 17:30 17:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 16:50 16:50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Maya's cartoon | | | 17:30 | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | cartoon | 16:50 | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cartoon** | | Maya | | | | | | nom cartoon «communication transitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 3:* How long till it starts? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t6:3 # text = How long till it starts? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 till till SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present | cartoon | | | | | long *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 1 hour 40 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t6:o1:1 # text = 1 hour 40 minutes 1 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ _ 4 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 20 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t6:o2:1 # text = 20 minutes 1 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 50 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t6:o3:1 # text = 50 minutes 1 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 40 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t6:o4:1 # text = 40 minutes 1 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute 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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