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description: Ten minutes of cartoons turns into two hours because the next episode keeps starting. What caused this? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 2 · ★ · Routines, screen time and earning money

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Ten minutes of cartoons turns into two hours because the next episode keeps starting. What caused this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ten minutes, next episode · **What happens:** turn, keep, start, cause · **To what, where:** this

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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/264-routines-screens-and-earning/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ten minutes of cartoons turns into two hours because the next episode keeps starting.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t2:1
# text = Ten minutes of cartoons turns into two hours because the next episode keeps starting.
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	episode	episode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
14	starting	start	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Ten minutes of cartoons |  |  |  | hour |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the next episode |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **start** | gerund | the next episode *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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 caused this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t2:2
# text = What caused this?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past |  | this |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition this=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The remote control was broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t2:o1:1
# text = The remote control was broken
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past · passive |  | the remote control |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Autoplay keeps you watching longer than you planned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t2:o2:1
# text = Autoplay keeps you watching longer than you planned
1	Autoplay	Autoplay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Autoplay | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **plan** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cartoons were too short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t2:o3:1
# text = The cartoons were too short
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cartoons |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The TV was set too loud, so it would not let him switch it off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:264-routines-screens-and-earning:t2:o4:1
# text = The TV was set too loud, so it would not let him switch it off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	switch	switch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past · passive |  | the TV |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **not** **let** | would | TV | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **switch off** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | TV |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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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