Test 7 · ★★★ · Why time flies and why it drags Kai: "Homework's 20 minutes? That's forever. Fortnite's 20 minutes? That's quick." What's a clever way to beat this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Homework, That · What happens: minute, be, beat · To what, where: clever way, this
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Kai: "Homework's 20 minutes?
punct punct nsubj case nummod conj punct root Kai PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Homework NOUN 's PART 20 NUM minutes NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 7 minutes punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 Homework punct 4 Homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 7 minutes nsubj 5 's 's PART _ 4 Homework case 6 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 minutes nummod 7 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 1 Kai conj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Kai punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 minute in a quote Homework 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: That's forever.
nsubj cop punct root That PRON 's AUX forever ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 forever nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 forever cop 3 forever forever ADV _ root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 forever punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present That forever property tree rules
Sentence 3: Fortnite's 20 minutes?
nmod:poss case nummod punct root Fortnite PROPN 's PART 20 NUM minutes NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fortnite Fortnite PROPN Number=Sing 4 minutes nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Fortnite case 3 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 minutes nummod 4 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 minutes punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: That's quick."
nsubj cop punct punct root That PRON 's AUX quick ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 quick nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 quick cop 3 quick quick ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 quick punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 quick punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present That quick property tree rules
Sentence 5: What's a clever way to beat this?
nsubj cop det amod mark acl obj punct root What PRON 's AUX a DET clever ADJ way NOUN to PART beat VERB this PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 way nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 way cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 way det 4 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 5 way amod 5 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 to to PART _ 7 beat mark 7 beat beat VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 way acl 8 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 beat obj 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 way punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a clever way tree rules 2 beat to-infinitive this vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location this=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Time the homework once and see it is only 20 minutes
obl:unmarked det nsubj advmod cc amod obj cop advmod nummod root Time NOUN the DET homework NOUN once ADV and CCONJ see VERB it PRON is AUX only ADV 20 NUM minutes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Time time NOUN Number=Sing 6 see obl:unmarked 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 homework det 3 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 6 see nsubj 4 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 6 see advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 see cc 6 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 minutes amod 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 see obj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 minutes cop 9 only only ADV _ 10 20 advmod 10 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 minutes nummod 11 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see infinitive the homework it time once property vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus 2 is a present see 20 minutes tree rules
Option 2 Play Fortnite during the homework
obj case det obl root Play VERB Fortnite PROPN during ADP the DET homework NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Play play VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 Fortnite Fortnite PROPN Number=Sing 1 Play obj 3 during during ADP _ 5 homework case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 homework det 5 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 1 Play obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 play imperative you not said here Fortnite during the homework vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortnite=Theme
Option 3 Do homework only when the clock is fast
obj advmod advmod det nsubj cop advcl root Do VERB homework NOUN only ADV when ADV the DET clock NOUN is AUX fast ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 1 Do obj 3 only only ADV _ 8 fast advmod 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 fast advmod 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 clock det 6 clock clock NOUN Number=Sing 8 fast nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 fast cop 8 fast fast ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Do advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do imperative you not said here homework vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality 2 is present the clock fast property tree rules
Option 4 Never start homework, because it never ends
advmod obj punct mark nsubj advmod parataxis root Never ADV start VERB homework NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON never ADV ends VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 start advmod 2 start start VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 2 start obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 ends punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 ends mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 ends nsubj 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 8 ends advmod 8 ends end VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 start parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not start imperative you not said here homework vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality 2 not end present homework vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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