Test 5 · Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is Will moans, "This homework is taking ages!" His timer went from 10:00 to 8:30. What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: homework, timer, truth · What happens: moan, take, go, be · To what, where: ages, 10:00 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 105 «Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is» 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 .
The question Sentence 1: Will moans, "This homework is taking ages!"
aux punct punct det nsubj aux ccomp obj punct punct root Will AUX moans VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT This DET homework NOUN is AUX taking VERB ages NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 2 moans aux 2 moans moan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 taking punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 8 taking punct 5 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 homework det 6 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 8 taking nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 taking aux 8 taking take VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 moans ccomp 9 ages age NOUN Number=Plur 8 taking obj 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 8 taking punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 8 taking punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 moan future vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 take in a quote present · progressive this homework ages vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=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.
Sentence 2: His timer went from 10:00 to 8:30.
nmod:poss nsubj case obl case nmod punct root His PRON timer NOUN went VERB from ADP 10:00 NUM to ADP 8:30 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 timer nmod:poss 2 timer timer NOUN Number=Sing 3 went nsubj 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 from from ADP _ 5 10:00 case 5 10:00 10:00 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 went obl 6 to to ADP _ 7 8:30 case 7 8:30 8:30 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 10:00 nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go past homework's timer 10:00 to 8:30 vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from 10:00=Initial_Location
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Ten minutes have passed
nummod nsubj:pass aux root Ten NUM minutes NOUN have AUX passed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ten ten NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 minutes nummod 2 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 4 passed nsubj:pass 3 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 passed aux 4 passed pass VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pass present · perfect · passive Ten minutes vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
Option 2 Eight and a half minutes have passed
cc det compound nsubj:pass aux conj root Eight NUM and CCONJ a DET half NOUN minutes NOUN have AUX passed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Eight eight NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 2 and and CCONJ _ 7 passed cc 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 minutes det 4 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 5 minutes compound 5 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 7 passed nsubj:pass 6 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 passed aux 7 passed pass VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Eight conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pass present · perfect · passive a half minutes vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
Option 3 An hour and a half has passed
det nsubj:pass cc det conj aux root An DET hour NOUN and CCONJ a DET half NOUN has AUX passed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 hour det 2 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 7 passed nsubj:pass 3 and and CCONJ _ 5 half cc 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 half det 5 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 2 hour conj 6 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 passed aux 7 passed pass VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pass present · perfect · passive a hour and a half vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Only a minute and a half has passed
advmod det nsubj:pass cc det conj aux root Only ADV a DET minute NOUN and CCONJ a DET half NOUN has AUX passed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 3 minute advmod 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 minute det 3 minute minute NOUN Number=Sing 8 passed nsubj:pass 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 half cc 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 half det 6 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 3 minute conj 7 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 passed aux 8 passed pass VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pass present · perfect · passive a minute and a half vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory
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