--- title: Whereas a person retired at 9:45 pm and awoke at 7:15 am, ascertain… — How long since? Counting back · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas a person retired at 9:45 pm and awoke at 7:15 am, ascertain the aggregate duration of sleep. Exam question 2 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's choice w --- [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/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · How long since? Counting back Whereas a person retired at 9:45 pm and awoke at 7:15 am, ascertain the aggregate duration of sleep. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** retire, awake, ascertain · **To what, where:** person, 9:45, 7:15, aggregate duration This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e2:1 # text = Whereas a person retired at 9:45 pm and awoke at 7:15 am, ascertain the aggregate duration of sleep. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 retired retire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 9:45 9:45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 7 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:unmarked _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 7:15 7:15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ _ 12 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retire** | participle | | a person *not said here* | | 9:45 pm | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **awake** | past | | | | 7:15 am | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 7:15=Location | | 3 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate duration of sleep | | | | whereas a person | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic | 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} Eight hours and thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e2:o1:1 # text = Eight hours and thirty minutes 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two hours and thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e2:o2:1 # text = Two hours and thirty minutes 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nine hours and thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e2:o3:1 # text = Nine hours and thirty minutes 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ten hours and thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:e2:o4:1 # text = Ten hours and thirty minutes 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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