--- title: It is given that a journey commences at 2:35 and concludes at 3:10.… — How long until? Counting on across the… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a journey commences at 2:35 and concludes at 3:10. Determine the duration of the said journey. Exam question 1 of lesson 107 «How long until? Counting on across the hour» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [How long until? Counting on across the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · How long until? Counting on across the hour It is given that a journey commences at 2:35 and concludes at 3:10. Determine the duration of the said journey. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** journey, you · **What happens:** give, commence, conclude, determine, say · **To what, where:** It, 2:35, 3:10, duration · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 107 «How long until? Counting on across the hour» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a journey commences at 2:35 and concludes at 3:10. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e1:1 # text = It is given that a journey commences at 2:35 and concludes at 3:10. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 commences commence VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 2:35 2:35 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 concludes conclude VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 3:10 3:10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **commence** | present | a journey | | | 2:35 | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **conclude** | present | a journey *not said here* | | | 3:10 | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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:* Determine the duration of the said journey. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e1:2 # text = Determine the duration of the said journey. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the duration of the said journey | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Twenty-five minutes precisely ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e1:o1:1 # text = Twenty-five minutes precisely 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 _ _ 5 precisely precisely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Some forty-five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e1:o2:1 # text = Some forty-five minutes 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 2 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Seventy-five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e1:o3:1 # text = Seventy-five minutes 1 Seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 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} Thirty-five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e1:o4:1 # text = Thirty-five minutes 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 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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