--- title: Sophie texts, "It's been, like, a year, babe," since she saw her fri… — How long since? Counting back · tree and pragmatics description: Sophie texts, "It's been, like, a year, babe," since she saw her friend on 20 August. Today is 20 October. What's the real gap? Test 3 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 optio --- [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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · How long since? Counting back Sophie texts, "It's been, like, a year, babe," since she saw her friend on 20 August. Today is 20 October. What's the real gap? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she, Today, real gap · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** 20 October This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sophie texts, "It's been, like, a year, babe," since she saw her friend on 20 August. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t3:1 # text = Sophie texts, "It's been, like, a year, babe," since she saw her friend on 20 August. 1 Sophie Sophie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 texts text NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 like like INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 17 since since SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 August August PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | participle | she | | | | august | see *property* | 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:* Today is 20 October. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t3:2 # text = Today is 20 October. 1 Today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 October October PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Today | 20 October | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What's the real gap? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t3:3 # text = What's the real gap? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gap gap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the real gap | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 2 months ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t3:o1:1 # text = 2 months 1 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 10 months ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t3:o2:1 # text = 10 months 1 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 1 year ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t3:o3:1 # text = 1 year 1 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 20 days ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t3:o4:1 # text = 20 days 1 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day 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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