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title: A Kiwi (New Zealand) aunt texts Finn: "Land quarter to three, then h… — How long until? Counting on across the… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Kiwi (New Zealand) aunt texts Finn: "Land quarter to three, then hour and a half drive, sweet as." When should he put his shoes on? Test 8 · ★ 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 qu
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# Test 8 · ★ · How long until? Counting on across the hour

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A Kiwi (New Zealand) aunt texts Finn: "Land quarter to three, then hour and a half drive, sweet as." When should he put his shoes on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kiwi aunt, Finn · **What happens:** text, put on · **To what, where:** Finn, shoes

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Kiwi (New Zealand) aunt texts Finn: "Land quarter to three, then hour and a half drive, sweet as."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t8:1
# text = A Kiwi (New Zealand) aunt texts Finn: "Land quarter to three, then hour and a half drive, sweet as."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Kiwi	Kiwi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	texts	text	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	22	compound	_	_
22	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
25	as	as	ADP	IN	_	24	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **text** | present | Kiwi aunt | Finn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* When should he put his shoes on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t8:2
# text = When should he put his shoes on?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put on** | should | Finn | Finn's shoes |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent shoe=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Just before 4:15

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t8:o1:1
# text = Just before 4:15
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	before	before	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	4:15	4:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Just before 2:45, when she lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t8:o2:1
# text = Just before 2:45, when she lands
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	before	before	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	2:45	2:45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Not until about 5:45

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t8:o3:1
# text = Not until about 5:45
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	5:45	5:45	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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Around half past three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t8:o4:1
# text = Around half past three
1	Around	around	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	0	root	_	_
3	past	past	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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