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title: What would most likely happen if you started a big science project t… — Time, routines and sleep · tree and pragmatics
description: What would most likely happen if you started a big science project the night before it was due? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 39 «Time, routines and sleep» 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 4 · ★ · Time, routines and sleep

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What would most likely happen if you started a big science project the night before it was due?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, project · **What happens:** happen, start, be · **To what, where:** big science project

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 39 «Time, routines and sleep» 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/39-time-and-routines/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t4:1
# text = What would most likely happen if you started a big science project the night before it was due?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  | night | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **start** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | a big science project |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent project=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | past | project |  |  |  |  | due *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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You would always do your best work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t4:o1:1
# text = You would always do your best work
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would | You | your best work |  |  |  | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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You would rush and probably do a poor job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t4:o2:1
# text = You would rush and probably do a poor job
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	rush	rush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | would | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | infinitive | You *not said here* | a poor job |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The teacher would give you an extra day or two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t4:o3:1
# text = The teacher would give you an extra day or two
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would | the teacher |  | you |  | day |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The project would take less time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:39-time-and-routines:t4:o4:1
# text = The project would take less time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would | the project |  |  |  | time |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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