--- title: Dad: "I put the kettle on a minute ago." The oven clock went from 8:… — How long since? Counting back · tree and pragmatics description: Dad: "I put the kettle on a minute ago." The oven clock went from 8:03 to 8:10. What does "a minute ago" mean here? Test 4 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 ch --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · How long since? Counting back Dad: "I put the kettle on a minute ago." The oven clock went from 8:03 to 8:10. What does "a minute ago" mean here? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, oven clock · **What happens:** put, go, mean · **To what, where:** kettle, 8:03 This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad: "I put the kettle on a minute ago." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t4:1 # text = Dad: "I put the kettle on a minute ago." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 11 ago ago ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** *in a quote* | past | I | the kettle | | | | Dad *vocative*; ago *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent kettle=Goal | 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:* The oven clock went from 8:03 to 8:10. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t4:2 # text = The oven clock went from 8:03 to 8:10. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 8:03 8:03 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 8:10 8:10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the oven clock | | | 8:03 to 8:10 | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from 8:03=Initial\_Location | *Sentence 3:* What does "a minute ago" mean here? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t4:3 # text = What does "a minute ago" mean here? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 ago ago ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | | | | here | | ago *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Recently; it was really 7 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t4:o1:1 # text = Recently; it was really 7 minutes 1 Recently recently ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | 7 minutes | | | | recently *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Ten minutes ago exactly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t4:o2:1 # text = Ten minutes ago exactly 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Exactly one minute ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t4:o3:1 # text = Exactly one minute ago 1 Exactly exactly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 ago ago ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Eight hours ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t4:o4:1 # text = Eight hours ago 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 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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