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description: Identify the method most consistent with established practice for counting on from 8:52 to 9:17. Exam question 4 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 each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 4 · How long until? Counting on across the hour

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Identify the method most consistent with established practice for counting on from 8:52 to 9:17.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established practice · **What happens:** identify, establish, count on · **To what, where:** method, 8:52

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e4:1
# text = Identify the method most consistent with established practice for counting on from 8:52 to 9:17.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	8:52	8:52	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	9:17	9:17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the method |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent method=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **count on** | gerund | established practice *not said here* |  |  | 8:52 to 9:17 |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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Subtract fifty-two from seventeen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e4:o1:1
# text = Subtract fifty-two from seventeen
1	Subtract	subtract	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **subtract** | imperative | you *not said here* | fifty |  |  |  | from seventeen | vn multiply-108-2 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent fifty=Theme from seventeen=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Count each minute in reverse from 9:17

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e4:o2:1
# text = Count each minute in reverse from 9:17
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	reverse	reverse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	9:17	9:17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | reverse | minute | from 9:17 | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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Proceed to 9:00, then add the remaining seventeen minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e4:o3:1
# text = Proceed to 9:00, then add the remaining seventeen minutes
1	Proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	9:00	9:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to 9:00 | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **remain** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | minute |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Add fifty-two to seventeen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:e4:o4:1
# text = Add fifty-two to seventeen
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | fifty |  |  |  | to seventeen | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent fifty=Patient to seventeen=Co-Patient |

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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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