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title: water's been running 2 minutes while u brush. Which is closest to ho… — Wasting food and water · tree and pragmatics
description: water's been running 2 minutes while u brush. Which is closest to how much is wasted? Test 2 of lesson 360 «Wasting food and water» 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 2 · Wasting food and water

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water's been running 2 minutes while u brush. Which is closest to how much is wasted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** water · **What happens:** run, be, waste · **To what, where:** much

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This is test 2 of lesson 360 «Wasting food and water» 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/360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* water's been running 2 minutes while u brush.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t2:1
# text = water's been running 2 minutes while u brush.
1	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	u	u	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present · progressive | water |  |  |  | minute |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is closest to how much is wasted?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t2:2
# text = Which is closest to how much is wasted?
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	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	wasted	waste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **waste** | present · passive |  | much |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One cup exactly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t2:o1:1
# text = One cup exactly
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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None, it goes back to the tap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t2:o2:1
# text = None, it goes back to the tap
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | present | None |  |  |  |  | to the tap *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to tap=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Several litres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t2:o3:1
# text = Several litres
1	Several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	litres	litre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just a few drops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t2:o4:1
# text = Just a few drops
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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