Test 17 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning…

homework takes 10 min max, plenty of time

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: homework · What happens: take · To what, where: min max

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 min	nummod
4	min	minute	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	5 max	compound
5	max	max	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 plenty	punct
7	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 max	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 time	case
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plenty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	homework	min max and plenty of time					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent max=Theme

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

Option 1

Start just before bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	just	just	ADV	_	4 bed	advmod
3	before	before	ADP	_	4 bed	case
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Start	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	imperative	you not said here				before bed		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Don't plan at all, just do it whenever you remember

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 plan	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 plan	advmod
3	plan	plan	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 plan	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 do	advmod
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 plan	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 do	obj
10	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 remember	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 remember	nsubj
12	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 do	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not plan	imperative · do-support	you not said here		all		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	do	infinitive	you not said here	it			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	remember	present	you			whenever property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Plan more time; jobs usually take longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plan	plan	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 time	amod
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Plan	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Plan	punct
5	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Plan	obj
6	usually	usually	ADV	_	7 take	advmod
7	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Plan	advcl
8	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	imperative	you not said here	jobs			time		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Topic
2	take	present	you not said here					long, usually property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

10 minutes is always enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 minutes	nummod
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 enough	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 enough	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 enough	advmod
5	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	10 minutes					always, enough property	tree rules

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