Test 10 · ★★ · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games Kai, salty (annoyed) when Dad pulls the plug at 8:25: "It was only five minutes!" He asked at 8:00. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai, plug · What happens: pull, be, ask · To what, where: plug, 8:25, five minutes, 8:00
This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Kai, salty (annoyed) when Dad pulls the plug at 8:25: "It was only five minutes!"
nsubj punct conj punct parataxis punct advmod nsubj det obj case nmod punct punct nsubj cop advmod nummod obl:unmarked punct punct root Kai PROPN , PUNCT salty ADJ ( PUNCT annoyed ADJ ) PUNCT when ADV Dad PROPN pulls VERB the DET plug NOUN at ADP 8:25 NUM : PUNCT " PUNCT It PRON was AUX only ADV five NUM minutes NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 9 pulls nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 salty punct 3 salty salty ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Kai conj 4 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 annoyed punct 5 annoyed annoyed ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Kai parataxis 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 annoyed punct 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 pulls advmod 8 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 9 pulls nsubj 9 pulls pull VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 plug det 11 plug plug NOUN Number=Sing 9 pulls obj 12 at at ADP _ 13 8:25 case 13 8:25 8:25 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 plug nmod 14 : : PUNCT _ 20 minutes punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 20 minutes punct 16 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 20 minutes nsubj 17 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 20 minutes cop 18 only only ADV _ 19 five advmod 19 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 20 minutes nummod 20 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 9 pulls obl:unmarked 21 ! ! PUNCT _ 20 minutes punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 9 pulls punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pull present Kai the plug 8:25 vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent plug=Theme at 8:25=Asset 2 is a in a quote past plug five minutes tree rules
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: He asked at 8:00.
nsubj case obl punct root He PRON asked VERB at ADP 8:00 NUM . PUNCT 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 2 asked nsubj 2 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 at at ADP _ 4 8:00 case 4 8:00 8:00 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 asked obl 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 asked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask past Kai 8:00 vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It was 25 minutes, five times as long
nsubj cop nummod punct nummod conj advmod advmod root It PRON was AUX 25 NUM minutes NOUN , PUNCT five NUM times NOUN as ADV long ADV 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 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 minutes cop 3 25 25 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 minutes nummod 4 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 times punct 6 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 times nummod 7 times time NOUN Number=Plur 4 minutes conj 8 as as ADV _ 9 long advmod 9 long long ADV Degree=Pos 4 minutes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It 25 minutes and five times long property tree rules
Option 2 It was 8 minutes
nsubj cop nummod root It PRON was AUX 8 NUM minutes NOUN 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 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 minutes cop 3 8 8 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 minutes nummod 4 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 8 minutes tree rules
Option 3 It was 2 and a half minutes
nsubj cop cc det compound conj root It PRON was AUX 2 NUM and CCONJ a DET half NOUN minutes NOUN 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 3 2 nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 2 cop 3 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 7 minutes cc 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 half det 6 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 7 minutes compound 7 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 3 2 conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It 2 and half minutes tree rules
Option 4 It was exactly five minutes
nsubj cop advmod nummod root It PRON was AUX exactly ADV five NUM minutes NOUN 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 5 minutes nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 minutes cop 3 exactly exactly ADV _ 4 five advmod 4 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 minutes nummod 5 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
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