--- title: Given that a child retires to sleep at 8:30 pm and rises at 7:00 am,… — Sleep and the body clock · tree and pragmatics description: Given that a child retires to sleep at 8:30 pm and rises at 7:00 am, ascertain the duration of sleep obtained. Exam question 2 of lesson 127 «Sleep and the body clock» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/127-sleep-and-the-body-clock/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/) / [Sleep and the body clock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/127-sleep-and-the-body-clock/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Sleep and the body clock Given that a child retires to sleep at 8:30 pm and rises at 7:00 am, ascertain the duration of sleep obtained. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child, you · **What happens:** give, retire, sleep, rise, ascertain, obtain · **To what, where:** 8:30, 7:00, duration This is exam question 2 of lesson 127 «Sleep and the body clock» 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/127-sleep-and-the-body-clock/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:e2:1 # text = Given that a child retires to sleep at 8:30 pm and rises at 7:00 am, ascertain the duration of sleep obtained. 1 Given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 retires retire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 8:30 8:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 10 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 7:00 7:00 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 obl _ _ 15 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | a child *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **retire** | present | a child | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* | | | 8:30 pm | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rise** | present | a child *not said here* | | | 7:00 am | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at 7:00=Location | | 5 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the duration of sleep | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic | | 6 | **obtain** | participle | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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} Eleven hours and thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:e2:o1:1 # text = Eleven hours and thirty minutes 1 Eleven eleven 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} Ten hours exactly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock:e2:o2:1 # text = Ten hours exactly 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nine hours and thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock: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 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ten hours and thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:127-sleep-and-the-body-clock: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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