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title: ★★★ A 40-minute test: which plan of time is most sensible? — Planning before writing · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A 40-minute test: which plan of time is most sensible? Test 2 of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · Planning before writing

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★★★ A 40-minute test: which plan of time is most sensible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, plan · **What happens:** ★, be, plan · **To what, where:** 40-minute test, time

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This is test 2 of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» of the English 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/39-planning-before-writing/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t2:1
# text = ★★★ A 40-minute test: which plan of time is most sensible?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	40-minute	40-minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
8	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	9	det	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **★** | present | ★ | a 40-minute test |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | which plan of time |  |  |  |  | sensible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **plan** |  |  | time |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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5 minutes planning, 30 writing, 5 checking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t2:o1:1
# text = 5 minutes planning, 30 writing, 5 checking
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	_
9	checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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30 minutes planning, 10 writing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t2:o2:1
# text = 30 minutes planning, 10 writing
1	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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20 planning, 20 checking, no writing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t2:o3:1
# text = 20 planning, 20 checking, no writing
1	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
5	checking	check	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund | 20 |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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0 planning, 40 writing, no checking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t2:o4:1
# text = 0 planning, 40 writing, no checking
1	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	checking	checking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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