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title: Ava's dad: "Twelve strikes, eleven gaps, eleven seconds." A clock st… — Sounds right, but is wrong · tree and pragmatics
description: Ava's dad: "Twelve strikes, eleven gaps, eleven seconds." A clock strikes 3 times in 2 seconds. How long does it take to strike 9 times? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Sounds right, but is wrong

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Ava's dad: "Twelve strikes, eleven gaps, eleven seconds." A clock strikes 3 times in 2 seconds. How long does it take to strike 9 times?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clock · **What happens:** strike, take · **To what, where:** clock

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» 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/183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ava's dad: "Twelve strikes, eleven gaps, eleven seconds."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t4:1
# text = Ava's dad: "Twelve strikes, eleven gaps, eleven seconds."
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	strikes	strike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* A clock strikes 3 times in 2 seconds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t4:2
# text = A clock strikes 3 times in 2 seconds.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	strikes	strike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | present | a clock |  |  |  | second; time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* How long does it take to strike 9 times?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t4:3
# text = How long does it take to strike 9 times?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · do-support |  | clock |  |  |  | long *property* | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 2 | **strike** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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9 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t4:o1:1
# text = 9 seconds
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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6 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t4:o2:1
# text = 6 seconds
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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8 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t4:o3:1
# text = 8 seconds
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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4 and a half seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:183-sounds-right-but-is-wrong:t4:o4:1
# text = 4 and a half seconds
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	compound	_	_
5	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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