--- title: Mia's dog, fed at 7:30 am, whines at 1:30 pm. Mia says, "He only ate… — How long since? Counting back · tree and pragmatics description: Mia's dog, fed at 7:30 am, whines at 1:30 pm. Mia says, "He only ate an hour ago." What should she know? Test 7 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 wr --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · How long since? Counting back Mia's dog, fed at 7:30 am, whines at 1:30 pm. Mia says, "He only ate an hour ago." What should she know? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, Mia · **What happens:** feed, whine, say, eat, know · **To what, where:** dog, 7:30 · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia's dog, fed at 7:30 am, whines at 1:30 pm. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t7:1 # text = Mia's dog, fed at 7:30 am, whines at 1:30 pm. 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 7:30 7:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 8 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 whines whine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 1:30 1:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 obl _ _ 13 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | participle | | Mia's dog *not said here* | | 7:30 am | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **whine** | present | Mia's dog | | | | | at 1:30 pm | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at 1:30=Stimulus | 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:* Mia says, "He only ate an hour ago." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t7:2 # text = Mia says, "He only ate an hour ago." 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 ago ago ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | Mia | | | | | ago *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What should she know? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t7:3 # text = What should she know? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | should | dog | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He ate 30 minutes ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t7:o1:1 # text = He ate 30 minutes ago 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 ago ago ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | He | | | | | ago *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He ate 6 hours ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t7:o2:1 # text = He ate 6 hours ago 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 ago ago ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | He | | | | | ago *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He ate 1 hour ago, as she says ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t7:o3:1 # text = He ate 1 hour ago, as she says 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 ago ago ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | He | | | | | ago *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He ate 8 hours ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:108-how-long-since-counting-back:t7:o4:1 # text = He ate 8 hours ago 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 ago ago ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | He | | | | | ago *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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