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Test 11 · ★★★ · Why time flies and why it drags

Tom, after his scary lesson: "That half hour lasted two hours, I swear." Why might his memory say so?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom, I, memory · What happens: last, swear, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 110 «Why time flies and why it drags» 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: Tom, after his scary lesson: "That half hour lasted two hours, I swear."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 lasted	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Tom	punct
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 lesson	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 lesson	nmod:poss
5	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lesson	amod
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tom	nmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 lasted	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 lasted	punct
9	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 hour	det
10	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	11 hour	compound
11	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lasted	nsubj
12	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hours	nummod
14	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lasted	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 swear	punct
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 swear	nsubj
17	swear	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 lasted	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 lasted	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 lasted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last in a quote	past	Tom after Tom's scary lesson				hour		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	swear in a quote	present	I						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: 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: Why might his memory say so?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 memory	nmod:poss
4	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	might	Tom's memory						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

His watch stopped while he was scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 watch	nmod:poss
2	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 scared	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 scared	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stopped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	His watch						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is	past	he					scared property	tree rules

Option 2

Scary lessons really last two hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lessons	amod
2	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hours	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 last	advmod
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hours	amod
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hours	nummod
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

In a fright the brain stores lots of details, so it seems longer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 fright	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fright	det
3	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stores	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brain	det
5	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stores	nsubj
6	stores	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stores	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 details	case
9	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lots	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 seems	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 seems	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 seems	nsubj
13	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stores	conj
14	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 seems	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	the brain	lots of details		a fright			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lot=Theme in fright=Location
2	seem	present	it					long property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Water makes time go slower for swimmers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 swimmers	case
7	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 slower	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Water				time	slow property	tree rules
2	go	infinitive	Water not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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