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Test 4 · ★★ · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games

Phoebe asks every 5 minutes. Mum: "Ask once more and it's never." What would work better?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Phoebe, Mum, it · What happens: ask, not be, work

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Phoebe asks every 5 minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phoebe	Phoebe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 minutes	det
4	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 minutes	nummod
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asks	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Phoebe				minute		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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: Mum: "Ask once more and it's never."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Ask	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Ask	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Ask	punct
4	Ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 more	advmod
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 Ask	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 's	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 's	nsubj
9	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Ask	conj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 's	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Ask	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	infinitive	Mum						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not be in a quote	present	it						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What would work better?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 work	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 work	aux
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 work	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	would						well property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent what=Material

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Ask once, then ask "what time?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Ask	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 ask	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 ask	advmod
5	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 time	punct
7	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					once property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here				then; time		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Cry and cry until Mum finally says yes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 cry	cc
3	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Cry	conj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 says	mark
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
6	finally	finally	ADV	_	7 says	advmod
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cry	advcl
8	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	1 Cry	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	Mum					finally property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Ask Dad every 5 minutes instead of Mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 minutes	det
4	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 minutes	nummod
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obl:unmarked
6	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	8 Mum	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 instead	fixed
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Dad		minute	instead Mum	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient

Option 4

Ask every single minute instead, nicely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 minute	det
3	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 minute	amod
4	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nicely	punct
7	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here				minute	instead, nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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