Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★

Leo: "The clock did 6 bongs in 5 seconds, so 12 bongs is 10 seconds, easy." What has he missed?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, 12 bongs · What happens: do, be, miss · To what, where: 6 bongs, 10 seconds

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Leo: "The clock did 6 bongs in 5 seconds, so 12 bongs is 10 seconds, easy."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 did	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 clock	det
5	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	nsubj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 bongs	nummod
8	bongs	bong	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 did	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 seconds	case
10	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 seconds	nummod
11	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 did	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 seconds	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	18 seconds	advmod
14	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 bongs	nummod
15	bongs	bong	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 seconds	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 seconds	cop
17	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 seconds	nummod
18	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 did	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 easy	punct
20	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 seconds	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 seconds	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 seconds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	do in a quote	past	Leo	6 bongs	second	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bong=Eventuality
2	is a in a quote	present	12 bongs	10 seconds		tree rules
3	be in a quote		12 bongs not said here			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: What has he missed?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 missed	obj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 missed	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 missed	nsubj
4	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 missed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	present · perfect	Leo						vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Counting gaps: 6 bongs make 5 gaps, 12 make 11, so 11 seconds

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Counting	obj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct
4	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 bongs	nummod
5	bongs	bong	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	nsubj
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Counting	advcl
7	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 gaps	nummod
8	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 make	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 12	punct
10	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 gaps	appos
11	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	conj
12	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 make	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 seconds	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 11	advmod
15	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 seconds	nummod
16	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Counting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	count	gerund		gaps	second	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gap=Theme
2	make	present	6 bongs			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	make	present	5 gaps	11		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 11=Product

Option 2

Bongs take longer than gaps, so 12 bongs must take 12 seconds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bongs	bong	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 take	nsubj
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 take	advmod
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 gaps	case
5	gaps	gap	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 longer	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 take	advmod
8	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 bongs	nummod
9	bongs	bong	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 take	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 take	aux
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 take	conj
12	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 seconds	nummod
13	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Bongs					long property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	take	must	12 bongs				second		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nothing: 6 bongs in 5 seconds means 12 bongs in 10

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 means	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 bongs	punct
3	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 bongs	nummod
4	bongs	bong	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 seconds	case
6	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 seconds	nummod
7	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bongs	nmod
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 bongs	nummod
10	bongs	bong	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 means	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 10	case
12	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 bongs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Nothing	12 bongs				in 10	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot bong=Theme in 10=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Clocks always strike faster at noon, so 12 bongs is quicker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 strike	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 strike	advmod
3	strike	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 strike	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 noon	case
6	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strike	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 quicker	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 quicker	advmod
9	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 bongs	nummod
10	bongs	bong	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 quicker	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 quicker	cop
12	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 strike	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	present	Clocks				noon	always, fast property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	12 bongs					quick property	tree rules

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