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title: A Texan cousin says, "We're fixin' to leave for the 4:30 dance class… — Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Texan cousin says, "We're fixin' to leave for the 4:30 dance class; it's 45 minutes." When does the class end? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 104 «Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 7 · ★ · Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day

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A Texan cousin says, "We're fixin' to leave for the 4:30 dance class; it's 45 minutes." When does the class end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Texan cousin, We, cousin · **What happens:** say, fixin, leave, be, do · **To what, where:** 45 minutes, class end · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Texan cousin says, "We're fixin' to leave for the 4:30 dance class; it's 45 minutes."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t7:1
# text = A Texan cousin says, "We're fixin' to leave for the 4:30 dance class; it's 45 minutes."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Texan	texan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	fixin	fixin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	4:30	4:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	45	45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Texan cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fixin** *in a quote* | present · progressive | We |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the dance class | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for class=Recipient |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cousin | 45 minutes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* When does the class end?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t7:2
# text = When does the class end?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the class end |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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5:15

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t7:o1:1
# text = 5:15
1	5:15	5:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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5:30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t7:o2:1
# text = 5:30
1	5:30	5:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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4:75

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t7:o3:1
# text = 4:75
1	4:75	4:75	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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5:45

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:t7:o4:1
# text = 5:45
1	5:45	5:45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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