Test 2 · ★★★ · Why time flies and why it drags
Amir: "I've had 6 days in Minecraft and it's only been 2 hours!" Is his maths right if a Minecraft day is 20 minutes?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Amir, maths · What happens: have, be · To what, where: Amir, Minecraft, 2 hours, maths, 20 minutes
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: Amir: "I've had 6 days in Minecraft and it's only been 2 hours!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amir | amir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Amir | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 had | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 had | nsubj |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 had | aux |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 days | nummod |
| 8 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 had | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Minecraft | case |
| 10 | Minecraft | Minecraft | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 hours | cc |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 hours | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 hours | cop |
| 14 | only | only | ADV | _ | 17 hours | advmod |
| 15 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 hours | cop |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 hours | nummod |
| 17 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 had | conj |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 had | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present · perfect | I | Amir | Minecraft | day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Amir | 2 hours | 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: Is his maths right if a Minecraft day is 20 minutes?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 maths | cop |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 maths | nmod:poss |
| 3 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 minutes | nsubj |
| 4 | right | right | ADV | _ | 11 minutes | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 minutes | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | Minecraft | Minecraft | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 day | compound |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 minutes | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 minutes | cop |
| 10 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 minutes | nummod |
| 11 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 minutes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Minecraft's maths | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Minecraft's maths | 20 minutes | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, 120 ÷ 20 = 6
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 120 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 120 | punct |
| 3 | 120 | 120 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 4 | ÷ | ÷ | SYM | _ | 5 20 | case |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 120 | nmod |
| 6 | = | = | SYM | _ | 7 6 | case |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 120 | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
No, it should be 12 days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 days | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 days | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 days | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 days | cop |
| 6 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 days | nummod |
| 7 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | should | it | 12 days | tree rules |
Option 3
No, it should be 20 days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 days | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 days | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 days | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 days | cop |
| 6 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 days | nummod |
| 7 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | should | it | 20 days | tree rules |
Option 4
No, it should be 2 days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 days | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 days | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 days | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 days | cop |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 days | nummod |
| 7 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | should | it | 2 days | tree rules |
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