--- title: Whereas a party departs at 9:25 upon a drive of fifty minutes, and c… — Late and early: being where you need t… · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas a party departs at 9:25 upon a drive of fifty minutes, and check-in closes at 10:30, ascertain the time remaining upon arrival. 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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/106-late-and-early-being-on-time/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e2:1 # text = Whereas a party departs at 9:25 upon a drive of fifty minutes, and check-in closes at 10:30, ascertain the time remaining upon arrival. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 departs depart VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 9:25 9:25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 drive drive NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 check check NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 in in NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 18 closes close VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 10:30 10:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 ascertain ascertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | present | | | | 9:25 | | whereas a party; upon a drive of fifty minutes | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **close** | present | check | | | 10:30 | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **ascertain** | infinitive | check *not said here* | | | | time | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **remain** | gerund | the time *not said here* | | | arrival | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon arrival=Location | | 5 | **drive** | | | fifty minutes | | | | | nom drive «act transitive»: of=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Fifteen minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e2:o1:1 # text = Fifteen minutes 1 Fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|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 2 {#o2} Five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e2:o2:1 # text = Five minutes 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|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} No time whatsoever ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e2:o3:1 # text = No time whatsoever 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Twenty-five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e2:o4:1 # text = Twenty-five minutes 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 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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