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title: Harry's friend says the bus from 8:52 to 9:17 takes "half an hour".… — How long until? Counting on across the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Harry's friend says the bus from 8:52 to 9:17 takes "half an hour". What's true? Test 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's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · How long until? Counting on across the hour

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Harry's friend says the bus from 8:52 to 9:17 takes "half an hour". What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, bus · **What happens:** say, take, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 107 «How long until? Counting on across the hour» 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/107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Harry's friend says the bus from 8:52 to 9:17 takes "half an hour".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t4:1
# text = Harry's friend says the bus from 8:52 to 9:17 takes "half an hour".
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	8:52	8:52	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	9:17	9:17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
11	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	15	det:predet	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Harry's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | present | the bus from 8:52 to 9:17 |  |  |  | hour |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t4:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It takes exactly half an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t4:o1:1
# text = It takes exactly half an hour
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It |  |  |  | hour |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It takes 25 minutes, 5 short of half an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t4:o2:1
# text = It takes 25 minutes, 5 short of half an hour
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	11	det:predet	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It |  |  |  | minute | short *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It takes 17 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t4:o3:1
# text = It takes 17 minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It |  |  |  | minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It takes 35 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t4:o4:1
# text = It takes 35 minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	35	35	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It |  |  |  | minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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