Exam question 1 · Why time flies and why it drags

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the speed of a clock during an enjoyable activity.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, speed

This is exam question 1 of lesson 110 «Why time flies and why it drags» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 speed	det
13	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 clock	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 clock	det
16	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 speed	nmod
17	during	during	ADP	_	20 activity	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 activity	det
19	enjoyable	enjoyable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 activity	amod
20	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the speed of a clock	during a enjoyable activity		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus speed=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

The clock proceeds at its customary rate; only the perception alters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clock	det
2	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeds	nsubj
3	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 rate	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 rate	nmod:poss
6	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rate	compound
7	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeds	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 alters	punct
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 perception	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 perception	det
11	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 alters	nsubj
12	alters	alter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proceeds	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	the clock			clock's customary rate			vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	alter	present	the perception						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The clock ceases to operate until the activity ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clock	det
2	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 operate	mark
5	operate	operate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ceases	xcomp
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 ends	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 activity	det
8	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ends	nsubj
9	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 operate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	cease	present	the clock	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	operate	to-infinitive	the clock not said here	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	end	present	the activity	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

The clock proceeds at half its customary rate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clock	det
2	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeds	nsubj
3	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 rate	case
5	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	8 rate	det:predet
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 rate	nmod:poss
7	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rate	compound
8	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proceeds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	the clock			clock's customary rate			vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The clock accelerates in proportion to the enjoyment that is experienced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clock	det
2	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accelerates	nsubj
3	accelerates	accelerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 proportion	case
5	proportion	proportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accelerates	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 enjoyment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 enjoyment	det
8	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accelerates	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 experienced	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 experienced	aux:pass
11	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 enjoyment	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accelerate	present	the clock			proportion		to the enjoyment	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	experience	present · passive		the enjoyment					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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