--- title: Which is true about how long homework will take? — Coins, pocket money, saving, spending… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true about how long homework will take? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Coins, pocket money, saving, spending…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning… Which is true about how long homework will take? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, take This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» 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/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t7:1 # text = Which is true about how long homework will take? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | future | | | | | | about long homework | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} Homework always takes exactly half an hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t7:o1:1 # text = Homework always takes exactly half an hour 1 Homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | Homework | | | | hour | always *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} People usually guess it will be much slower than it is ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t7:o2:1 # text = People usually guess it will be much slower than it is 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 usually usually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 guess guess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 ccomp _ _ 9 than than SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | present | People | | | | | usually *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | future | it | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | present | it | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} People usually guess it will be quicker than it really is ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t7:o3:1 # text = People usually guess it will be quicker than it really is 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 usually usually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 guess guess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 quicker quick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 really really ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | present | People | | | | | usually *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | future | it | | | | | than it; quick *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everybody always guesses the time exactly right ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t7:o4:1 # text = Everybody always guesses the time exactly right 1 Everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 guesses guess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 right right ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | present | Everybody | | | | time | always, right *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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. 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