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title: Two runners both run 100 metres. Ana takes 15 seconds, Ben takes 18.… — Speed: fast and slow · tree and pragmatics
description: Two runners both run 100 metres. Ana takes 15 seconds, Ben takes 18. Who is faster? Test 9 of lesson 36 «Speed: fast and slow» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · Speed: fast and slow

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Two runners both run 100 metres. Ana takes 15 seconds, Ben takes 18. Who is faster?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two runners, Ana, Ben · **What happens:** run, take, be · **To what, where:** 100 metres, 18

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This is test 9 of lesson 36 «Speed: fast and slow» of the physics 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/physics/36-speed-fast-and-slow/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two runners both run 100 metres.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t9:1
# text = Two runners both run 100 metres.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	runners	runner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	both	both	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | Two runners | 100 metres |  |  |  | both *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme metre=Trajectory |

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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:* Ana takes 15 seconds, Ben takes 18.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t9:2
# text = Ana takes 15 seconds, Ben takes 18.
1	Ana	Ana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Ana |  |  |  | second |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | present | Ben | 18 |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 18=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Who is faster?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t9:3
# text = Who is faster?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ana

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t9:o1:1
# text = Ana
1	Ana	Ana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ben

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t9:o2:1
# text = Ben
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You cannot tell without their weight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t9:o3:1
# text = You cannot tell without their weight
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | You |  |  |  |  | without their weight | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are equally fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:36-speed-fast-and-slow:t9:o4:1
# text = They are equally fast
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | equally, fast *property* | tree rules |

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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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