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title: A boy plays video games all Saturday morning and then worries all af… — Clocks, calendars and planning the day · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy plays video games all Saturday morning and then worries all afternoon about his unfinished homework. What would have made his day better? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Clocks, calendars and planning the day

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A boy plays video games all Saturday morning and then worries all afternoon about his unfinished homework. What would have made his day better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** play, worry, make · **To what, where:** video games

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» 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/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy plays video games all Saturday morning and then worries all afternoon about his unfinished homework.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t8:1
# text = A boy plays video games all Saturday morning and then worries all afternoon about his unfinished homework.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	worries	worry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	unfinished	unfinished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | a boy | video games |  |  | morning |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **worry** | present | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  | then; afternoon | about boy's unfinished homework | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about homework=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would have made his day better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t8:2
# text = What would have made his day better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  | day | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Never doing homework at weekends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t8:o1:1
# text = Never doing homework at weekends
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | gerund |  | homework |  |  | weekend |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Playing even longer to forget the homework

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t8:o2:1
# text = Playing even longer to forget the homework
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **forget** | to-infinitive |  | the homework |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Doing the homework at midnight, when the house is quiet and nobody can disturb him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t8:o3:1
# text = Doing the homework at midnight, when the house is quiet and nobody can disturb him
1	Doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	disturb	disturb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | gerund |  | the homework |  |  | midnight |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | the house |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **disturb** | can | nobody | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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

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Doing the homework first, then playing without worry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t8:o4:1
# text = Doing the homework first, then playing without worry
1	Doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | gerund |  | the homework |  |  |  | first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |
| 2 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  | then | without worry | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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