Exam question 2 · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games
Whereas a request for "five more minutes" is made at 8:00 and play ceases at 8:25, ascertain the actual duration of further play.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: make, play, ascertain · To what, where: request, 8:00, ceases, 8:25, actual duration
This is exam question 2 of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» 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.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whereas | whereas | SCONJ | _ | 3 request | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 request | det |
| 3 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 minutes | case |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 minutes | punct |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 minutes | nummod |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 minutes | amod |
| 8 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 request | nmod |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 minutes | punct |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 made | aux:pass |
| 11 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 8:00 | case |
| 13 | 8:00 | 8:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 made | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 play | cc |
| 15 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 made | conj |
| 16 | ceases | cease | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 play | obj |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 8:25 | case |
| 18 | 8:25 | 8:25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 play | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 ascertain | punct |
| 20 | ascertain | ascertain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 play | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 duration | det |
| 22 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 duration | amod |
| 23 | duration | duration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ascertain | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 play | case |
| 25 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 play | amod |
| 26 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 duration | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | a request for five more minutes | 8:00 | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | play | present | ceases | 8:25 | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cease=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ascertain | infinitive | the actual duration of further play | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Twenty-five minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 five | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Twenty | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 minutes | nummod |
| 4 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Thirty minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Five minutes exactly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 2 minutes | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Twenty minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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