Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★
Jack, at the servo: "Waited literally forever for the car wash, like three hours. Well, 25 minutes tbh." He started waiting at 2:50. When did it end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: servo, Jack · What happens: wait, wash, start, end · To what, where: 2:50
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 192 «Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★» 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: Jack, at the servo: "Waited literally forever for the car wash, like three hours.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 servo | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 servo | punct |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 servo | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 servo | det |
| 5 | servo | servo | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 Waited | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Waited | punct |
| 8 | Waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 servo | acl:relcl |
| 9 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 10 forever | advmod |
| 10 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 8 Waited | advmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 car | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 car | det |
| 13 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Waited | obl |
| 14 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 Waited | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 hours | punct |
| 16 | like | like | ADP | _ | 18 hours | case |
| 17 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 hours | nummod |
| 18 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 wash | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 servo | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait in a quote | past | the servo not said here | for the car; forever property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wash in a quote | infinitive | the servo not said here | hour | vn floss-41.2.1 «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: Well, 25 minutes tbh."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 4 minutes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Well | punct |
| 3 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 minutes | nummod |
| 4 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | tbh | tbh | ADV | _ | 4 minutes | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 minutes | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 minutes | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: He started waiting at 2:50.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 started | nsubj |
| 2 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 started | xcomp |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 2:50 | case |
| 5 | 2:50 | 2:50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 waiting | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 started | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | Jack | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | wait | gerund | Jack not said here | 2:50 | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 2:50=Location |
Sentence 4: When did it end?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 end | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 end | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 end | nsubj |
| 4 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 end | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | past · do-support | servo | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
At 3:05, twenty-five minutes before
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 3:05 | case |
| 2 | 3:05 | 3:05 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 3:05 | punct |
| 4 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 five | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 twenty | punct |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 before | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 2 3:05 | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
At 3:15
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 3:15 | case |
| 2 | 3:15 | 3:15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
At 5:50, three hours later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 5:50 | case |
| 2 | 5:50 | 5:50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 5:50 | punct |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 hours | nummod |
| 5 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 later | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 5:50 | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
At 3:25
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 3:25 | case |
| 2 | 3:25 | 3:25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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