Test 3 · ★ · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left…
The seizure started at 4:58 and stopped at 5:03. Mum's rule: «More than five minutes, ring 999.» Did it go over five minutes?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: seizure, five minutes, Mum · What happens: start, stop, ring, rule, go over · To what, where: 4:58, 5:03, 999
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» 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
Sentence 1: The seizure started at 4:58 and stopped at 5:03.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 seizure | det |
| 2 | seizure | seizure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 started | nsubj |
| 3 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 4:58 | case |
| 5 | 4:58 | 4:58 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 started | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stopped | cc |
| 7 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 started | conj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 5:03 | case |
| 9 | 5:03 | 5:03 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 stopped | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 started | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | the seizure | 4:58 | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | stop | past | the seizure not said here | 5:03 | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 5:03=Location |
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: Mum's rule: «More than five minutes, ring 999.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rule | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mum | case |
| 3 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 ring | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 minutes | punct |
| 6 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 8 five | advmod |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 More | fixed |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 minutes | nummod |
| 9 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 ring | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 minutes | punct |
| 11 | ring | ring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 rule | appos |
| 12 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 ring | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 ring | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 ring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring in a quote | infinitive | five minutes | 999 | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 999=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rule | Mum | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Sentence 3: Did it go over five minutes?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 go | nsubj |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADV | _ | 5 five | advmod |
| 5 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 minutes | nummod |
| 6 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go over | past · do-support | seizure | minute | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
No, it was only about three minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 minutes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 minutes | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 minutes | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 minutes | advmod |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 three | advmod |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 minutes | nummod |
| 8 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | three minutes | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it lasted a bit over five minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 lasted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lasted | nsubj |
| 4 | lasted | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bit | det |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lasted | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 minutes | case |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 minutes | nummod |
| 9 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lasted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | past | it | a bit | minute | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, about seven minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 minutes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 seven | advmod |
| 4 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 minutes | nummod |
| 5 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it was exactly five minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 minutes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 minutes | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 minutes | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 five | advmod |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | five minutes | tree rules |
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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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