--- title: A cartoon detective says, "The cake was eaten at 11 pm and found at… — How long since? Counting back · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon detective says, "The cake was eaten at 11 pm and found at 1 am, that's 10 hours." Put him right. Test 11 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 was --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · How long since? Counting back A cartoon detective says, "The cake was eaten at 11 pm and found at 1 am, that's 10 hours." Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon detective, that, you · **What happens:** say, eat, find, be, put · **To what, where:** cake, 11, 1, 10 hours, detective · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 108 «How long since? Counting back» 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/108-how-long-since-counting-back/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon detective says, "The cake was eaten at 11 pm and found at 1 am, that's 10 hours." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t11:1 # text = A cartoon detective says, "The cake was eaten at 11 pm and found at 1 am, that's 10 hours." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 detective detective NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 obl _ _ 13 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:unmarked _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 obl _ _ 18 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon detective | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the cake | | 11 pm | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | participle | | | | 1 am | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | 10 hours | | | | | 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:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t11:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | detective | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It's 12 hours exactly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t11:o1:1 # text = It's 12 hours exactly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | 12 hours | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's 14 hours exactly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t11:o2:1 # text = It's 14 hours exactly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | 14 hours | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's 10 hours, he's right ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t11:o3:1 # text = It's 10 hours, he's right 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | 10 hours | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | he | 10 hours *not said here* | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It's 2 hours, counting across midnight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t11:o4:1 # text = It's 2 hours, counting across midnight 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 counting count VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 across across ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | 2 hours | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **count** | gerund | 2 hours *not said here* | | | | midnight | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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