Why time flies and why it drags

Tests: 6 of 12 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★★★ · Understood: 7 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 110 of the world course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★★★ · right ✓

Maya swears, "I only played for 10 minutes!" Clock: 4:00 to 5:10. How much is she out by?

1. 60 minutes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. 70 minutes — score 5
3. 10 minutes — score 5
4. 50 minutes — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 104, line 3: «To find how long something lasts, count from the start time to the end time. If you cross an o'clock, hop to the o'clock first, then add the rest: from 16:50 t…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «10 minutes» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★★ · right ✓

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?

1. Yes, 120 ÷ 20 = 6 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. No, it should be 12 days — no support
3. No, it should be 20 days — no support
4. No, it should be 2 days — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★★ · right ✓

What would happen to Amir's count if a Minecraft day lasted 10 minutes instead of 20, over the same 2 hours?

1. He would have 12 days instead of 6 — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He would still have 6 days — no support
3. He would have 3 days instead of 6 — no support
4. He would have 20 days instead of 6 — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★★ · right ✓

Ivy: "Christmas can't come quicker, Mum, it's always 365 days." Mum: "It feels quicker every year." Who's right?

1. Both: Ivy about the length, Mum about the feeling — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Neither; the year is 52 days long — no support
3. Only Ivy; feelings about time are made up — no support
4. Only Mum; the year really is shorter — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Grandad, an old-school boomer (an older person): "Back in my day a summer lasted forever, now a year's gone in a blink." What's a good scientific answer?

1. Clocks today tick faster than old ones — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The Earth now goes round the Sun faster — no support
3. Summers were really longer when he was young — no support
4. One idea is that each year is a smaller part of his life, and fewer things are new — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A dreich wet Sunday with nothing to do feels endless. A day at the beach flies past. Both days have how many hours?

1. More hours on the beach day — ← Mova's choice · score 8
2. It changes with the weather — no support
3. More hours on the dull day — score 8
4. 24 hours each — ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 103, line 1: «A day has 24 hours, but an ordinary clock face shows only 12, so its short hand goes round twice a day: once from midnight to midday, and once from midday to m…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+3); the same doer «day» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★★ · right ✓

Kai: "Homework's 20 minutes? That's forever. Fortnite's 20 minutes? That's quick." What's a clever way to beat this?

1. Time the homework once and see it is only 20 minutes — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
2. Play Fortnite during the homework — no support
3. Do homework only when the clock is fast — no support
4. Never start homework, because it never ends — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 106, line 3: «"On time" means different things in different places. For school, trains, the dentist and a match, be on time or a bit early; a coach who says "if you're on ti…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same property (+3); the same thing acted on «different things» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★★ · right ✓

Lexi says, "The dentist made the clock slow, it's giving broken clock." What's really true?

1. The dentist really slowed the clock down — no support
2. The clock was fine; worry made the wait feel long — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The waiting room clock runs on a different time zone — score 3
4. All clocks run slow near dentists — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 110, line 2: «When you are bored or worried you keep noticing every second, so time seems to drag. In maths Josh stares at the clock: "It's moved one minute in, like, an hou…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «clock» (+1); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Mila asks "are we there yet?" every 10 minutes on a 3-hour drive. Dad: "Ask one more time and you're walking!" If she asks every 20 minutes instead, how many times will she ask?

1. 20 — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. 18 — score 6
3. 6 — score 6
4. 9 — ✓ the right answer · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 110, line 16: «A 3-hour car ride is 180 minutes, so asking "are we there yet?" every 10 minutes means asking 18 times.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+3); the same property (+3). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

Oscar's brother: "50 years an hour, that's a year a minute, sound." Is "a year a minute" exactly right?

1. No, it's 50 years a minute — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Not quite; it's a bit less than a year a minute — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yes, exactly one year a minute — no support
4. No, it's about one year every hour, not every minute — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

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

1. His watch stopped while he was scared — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Scary lessons really last two hours — no support
3. In a fright the brain stores lots of details, so it seems longer — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Water makes time go slower for swimmers — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★★★ · wrong ✗

A cartoon says a magic clock runs faster when you're happy. What is true in real life?

1. Clocks speed up whenever music plays — no support
2. Clocks keep the same speed; only our feeling of time changes — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Sad people make clocks run backwards — ← Mova's choice · score 5
4. Happy people make clocks run faster — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 110, line 6: «A clock runs at the same speed all the time; it is our feeling of time that speeds up or slows down.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+4); the same doer «clock» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the speed of a clock during an enjoyable activity.

1. The clock proceeds at its customary rate; only the perception alters — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The clock ceases to operate until the activity ends — ← Mova's choice · score 6
3. The clock proceeds at half its customary rate — no support
4. The clock accelerates in proportion to the enjoyment that is experienced — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 110, line 6: «A clock runs at the same speed all the time; it is our feeling of time that speeds up or slows down.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «run» (+3); the same doer «clock» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

It is given that an in-game day endures twenty real minutes. Determine the number of such days contained within two real hours.

1. Two — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Six — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Twelve — no support
4. Forty — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Whereas a journey occupies three hours and a question is posed every ten minutes, ascertain the total number of questions.

1. Thirteen — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Three — no support
3. Eighteen — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Thirty — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Identify one proposed explanation for the perception that years pass more swiftly with advancing age.

1. Each year constitutes a smaller fraction of the life already lived — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The calendar removes days for persons over seventy — no support
3. The clocks of older persons operate more rapidly — no support
4. The Earth's orbit grows shorter with each decade — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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