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description: Grandad: «Back in my day we counted our pulse for a whole minute, none of this times four». Lucy counts 24 in 15 seconds. Would Grandad's way give the same answer? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 76 «Olympiad: body numbers, clocks and scores ★★★» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: body numbers, clocks and scores ★★★

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Grandad: «Back in my day we counted our pulse for a whole minute, none of this times four». Lucy counts 24 in 15 seconds. Would Grandad's way give the same answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, our, Lucy · **What happens:** count, pulse, give · **To what, where:** pulse, way

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 76 «Olympiad: body numbers, clocks and scores ★★★» of the medicine 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/medicine/76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad: «Back in my day we counted our pulse for a whole minute, none of this times four».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores:t2:1
# text = Grandad: «Back in my day we counted our pulse for a whole minute, none of this times four».
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	counted	count	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	pulse	pulse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	15	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
21	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** *in a quote* | past | Grandad | our pulse |  |  | day; minute |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pulse=Theme |
| 2 | **pulse** *in a quote* |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom pulse «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Lucy counts 24 in 15 seconds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores:t2:2
# text = Lucy counts 24 in 15 seconds.
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | Lucy |  |  |  | second |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* Would Grandad's way give the same answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores:t2:3
# text = Would Grandad's way give the same answer?
1	Would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present |  | Grandad's way |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, it would give 60

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores:t2:o1:1
# text = No, it would give 60
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would | it | 60 |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 60=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, his way gives 24

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores:t2:o2:1
# text = No, his way gives 24
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | his way | 24 |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 24=Theme |

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

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Yes, about 96 either way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, about 96 either way
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	96	96	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, it gives 384

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:76-olympiad-body-numbers-clocks-and-scores:t2:o4:1
# text = No, it gives 384
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	384	384	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | it | 384 |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 384=Theme |

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