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title: just ate a sandwich, mum says wait an hour b4 swimming. true? — The night sky and outdoor myths · tree and pragmatics
description: just ate a sandwich, mum says wait an hour b4 swimming. true? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
just ate a sandwich, mum says wait an hour b4 swimming. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** eat, say, wait · **To what, where:** sandwich, b4 swimming · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» of the everyday 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/everyday/240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t10:1
# text = just ate a sandwich, mum says wait an hour b4 swimming. true?
1	just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	b4	b4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past |  | a sandwich |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **wait** | infinitive |  | b4 swimming |  |  | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, or you'll get a cramp n sink straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, or you'll get a cramp n sink straight away
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cramp	cramp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | you | a cramp n |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer n=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sink** | present |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait two hours to be totally safe, an hour isn't enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t10:o2:1
# text = Wait two hours to be totally safe, an hour isn't enough
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe, totally *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | a hour |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, exactly sixty minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, exactly sixty minutes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, a snack is fine, just not when very full or tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:240-night-sky-and-outdoor-myths:t10:o4:1
# text = No, a snack is fine, just not when very full or tired
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a snack |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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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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