Test 1 · ★★ · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games
Zara's brother at the theme park: "Wait's 45 mins? Nah, I ain't standing here for an hour." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, you · What happens: not stand, put · To what, where: brother
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» 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: Zara's brother at the theme park: "Wait's 45 mins?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Zara | case |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mins | nsubj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 park | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 park | det |
| 6 | theme | theme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 park | compound |
| 7 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brother | nmod |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 mins | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 mins | punct |
| 10 | Wait | Wait | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 mins | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Wait | case |
| 12 | 45 | 45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 mins | nummod |
| 13 | mins | minute | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | root | root |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 mins | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Nah, I ain't standing here for an hour."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 standing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 standing | nsubj |
| 4 | ai | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 standing | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 standing | advmod |
| 6 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 standing | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 hour | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hour | det |
| 10 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 standing | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 standing | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 standing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stand | present · progressive | I | here | hour | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | brother | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is an hour and 45 minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hour | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hour | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hour | det |
| 4 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 minutes | cc |
| 6 | 45 | 45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hour | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a hour and 45 minutes | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is 45 minutes, 15 less than an hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 minutes | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 minutes | cop |
| 3 | 45 | 45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 minutes | nummod |
| 4 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 less | punct |
| 6 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 less | nummod |
| 7 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 minutes | acl:relcl |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 hour | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hour | det |
| 10 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 less | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | 45 minutes | tree rules |
Option 3
It is 45 seconds, not minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 seconds | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 seconds | cop |
| 3 | 45 | 45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 seconds | nummod |
| 4 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 minutes | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 minutes | advmod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 seconds | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | 45 seconds and minutes | tree rules |
Option 4
He's right, 45 minutes is an hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hour | punct |
| 5 | 45 | 45 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 minutes | nummod |
| 6 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hour | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 hour | cop |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hour | det |
| 9 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a hour | minute | tree rules |
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