--- title: It is given that an animal was fed at 7:30 am and that the present t… — How long since? Counting back · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that an animal was fed at 7:30 am and that the present time is 1:30 pm. Determine the interval elapsed. Exam question 1 of lesson 108 «How long since? Counting back» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [How long since? Counting back](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · How long since? Counting back It is given that an animal was fed at 7:30 am and that the present time is 1:30 pm. Determine the interval elapsed. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** present time, you · **What happens:** give, feed, be, determine, elapse · **To what, where:** It, animal, 7:30, 1:30, interval This is exam question 1 of lesson 108 «How long since? Counting back» 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/108-how-long-since-counting-back/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that an animal was fed at 7:30 am and that the present time is 1:30 pm. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e1:1 # text = It is given that an animal was fed at 7:30 am and that the present time is 1:30 pm. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 7:30 7:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 11 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:unmarked _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 1:30 1:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 conj _ _ 19 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **feed** | past · passive | | a animal | | 7:30 am | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | present | the present time | 1:30 | | | | pm *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the interval elapsed. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e1:2 # text = Determine the interval elapsed. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 interval interval NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 elapsed elapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the interval | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interval=Topic | | 2 | **elapse** | participle | | the interval *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Five hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e1:o1:1 # text = Five hours 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Six hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e1:o2:1 # text = Six hours 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Seven hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e1:o3:1 # text = Seven hours 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Four hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e1:o4:1 # text = Four hours 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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