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title: Whereas a flight departs at 10:15, passengers are required at the ai… — How long until? Counting on across the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a flight departs at 10:15, passengers are required at the airport two hours prior, and the drive occupies forty-five minutes, ascertain the latest time of departure from home. Exam question 2 of lesson 107 «How long until? Counting on across the hour» of the world course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 2 · How long until? Counting on across the hour

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Whereas a flight departs at 10:15, passengers are required at the airport two hours prior, and the drive occupies forty-five minutes, ascertain the latest time of departure from home.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** drive · **What happens:** depart, require, occupy, ascertain · **To what, where:** 10:15, passengers, airport

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e2:1
# text = Whereas a flight departs at 10:15, passengers are required at the airport two hours prior, and the drive occupies forty-five minutes, ascertain the latest time of departure from home.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	flight	flight	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	10:15	10:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	passengers	passenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	airport	airport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	occupies	occupy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
22	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	latest	late	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	30	amod	_	_
30	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	from	from	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | present |  |  |  | 10:15 |  | whereas a flight | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | present · passive |  | passengers |  | the airport |  | prior *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 3 | **occupy** | present | the drive |  |  |  | minute |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **ascertain** | infinitive | the drive *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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8:30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e2:o1:1
# text = 8:30
1	8:30	8:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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7:15

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e2:o2:1
# text = 7:15
1	7:15	7:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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7:30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e2:o3:1
# text = 7:30
1	7:30	7:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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8:15

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e2:o4:1
# text = 8:15
1	8:15	8:15	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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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