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title: Jayden asks "how long till we get there?" for the tenth time at 2:35… — How long until? Counting on across the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jayden asks "how long till we get there?" for the tenth time at 2:35; they arrive at 3:10. Dad snaps, "Ask again and we're turning round!" How long is left? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 107 «How long until? Counting on across the hour» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 9 · ★ · How long until? Counting on across the hour

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Jayden asks "how long till we get there?" for the tenth time at 2:35; they arrive at 3:10. Dad snaps, "Ask again and we're turning round!" How long is left?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jayden, we, they, Dad · **What happens:** ask, get, arrive, snap, turn round, leave · **To what, where:** 3:10 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jayden asks "how long till we get there?" for the tenth time at 2:35; they arrive at 3:10.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t9:1
# text = Jayden asks "how long till we get there?" for the tenth time at 2:35; they arrive at 3:10.
1	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	tenth	tenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	2:35	2:35	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	arrive	arrive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	3:10	3:10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Jayden |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  | there | time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **arrive** | present | they |  |  | 3:10 |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Dad snaps, "Ask again and we're turning round!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t9:2
# text = Dad snaps, "Ask again and we're turning round!"
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snaps	snap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | Dad *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **turn round** *in a quote* | present · progressive | we |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* How long is left?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t9:3
# text = How long is left?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» |

## The options {#options}

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

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35 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t9:o1:1
# text = 35 minutes
1	35	35	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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45 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t9:o2:1
# text = 45 minutes
1	45	45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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75 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t9:o3:1
# text = 75 minutes
1	75	75	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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25 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:107-how-long-until-counting-on-across-the-hour:t9:o4:1
# text = 25 minutes
1	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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