Test 2 · ★★ · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games Tia, staring at the toaster: "This is taking forever!" It takes 2 minutes. Why does it feel long?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tia, This, It, toaster · What happens: stare, take, feel
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Tia, staring at the toaster: "This is taking forever!"
nsubj punct case det obl punct punct nsubj aux conj advmod punct punct root Tia PROPN , PUNCT staring VERB at ADP the DET toaster NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT This PRON is AUX taking VERB forever ADV ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tia Tia PROPN Number=Sing 3 staring nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Tia punct 3 staring stare VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 at at ADP _ 6 toaster case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 toaster det 6 toaster toaster NOUN Number=Sing 3 staring obl 7 : : PUNCT _ 11 taking punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 11 taking punct 9 This this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 taking nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 taking aux 11 taking take VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 staring conj 12 forever forever ADV _ 11 taking advmod 13 ! ! PUNCT _ 11 taking punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 11 taking punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stare gerund Tia at the toaster vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at toaster=Theme 2 take in a quote present · progressive This forever property vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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: It takes 2 minutes.
nsubj nummod obj punct root It PRON takes VERB 2 NUM minutes NOUN . PUNCT 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 2 takes nsubj 2 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 minutes nummod 4 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 2 takes obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 takes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take present It minute vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Why does it feel long?
advmod aux nsubj xcomp punct root Why ADV does AUX it PRON feel VERB long ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 feel advmod 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 feel aux 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 feel nsubj 4 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 4 feel xcomp 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 feel punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel present · do-support toaster long property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
The options Option 1 The toaster has stopped working
det nsubj aux xcomp root The DET toaster NOUN has AUX stopped VERB working VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 toaster det 2 toaster toaster NOUN Number=Sing 4 stopped nsubj 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 stopped aux 4 stopped stop VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 working work VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 stopped xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop present · perfect the toaster vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 work gerund the toaster not said here vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Staring and waiting makes time feel slower
csubj cc conj obj xcomp xcomp root Staring VERB and CCONJ waiting VERB makes VERB time NOUN feel VERB slower ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Staring stare VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 makes csubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 waiting cc 3 waiting wait VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Staring conj 4 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 time time NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes obj 6 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 makes xcomp 7 slower slow ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 feel xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stare gerund vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent 2 wait gerund vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 make present Staring time tree rules 4 feel infinitive Staring not said here slow property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 Toasters slow down when you watch them
nsubj compound:prt advmod nsubj advcl obj root Toasters NOUN slow VERB down ADP when ADV you PRON watch VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toasters toaster NOUN Number=Plur 2 slow nsubj 2 slow slow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 down down ADP _ 2 slow compound:prt 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 watch advmod 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 watch nsubj 6 watch watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 slow advcl 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 watch obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slow down present Toasters vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 watch present you Toasters = toaster vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Option 4 2 minutes is longer than it sounds, about 20
nummod nsubj cop mark nsubj advcl punct advmod obl root 2 NUM minutes NOUN is AUX longer ADJ than SCONJ it PRON sounds VERB , PUNCT about ADV 20 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 minutes nummod 2 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 4 longer nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 longer cop 4 longer long ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 5 than than SCONJ _ 7 sounds mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 sounds nsubj 7 sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 longer advcl 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 20 punct 9 about about ADV _ 10 20 advmod 10 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 longer obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present 2 minutes 20 obl ; long property tree rules 2 sound present it vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
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