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How many more seconds should he have brushed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** timer, I, that · **What happens:** set, finish, be, brush · **To what, where:** sand timer, many more seconds This is test 11 of lesson 105 «Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is» of the world 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/world/105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kai's sand timer is set for 2 minutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t11:1 # text = Kai's sand timer is set for 2 minutes. 1 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 timer timer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present · passive | | Kai's sand timer | | | minute | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | 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. *Sentence 2:* He finishes in 30 seconds. " ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t11:2 # text = He finishes in 30 seconds. " 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 finishes finish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | present | timer | | | | second | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | *Sentence 3:* I'm dead, that was fast!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t11:3 # text = I'm dead, that was fast!" 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | that | | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 4:* How many more seconds should he have brushed? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t11:4 # text = How many more seconds should he have brushed? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 brushed brush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brush** | should · perfect · passive | | many more seconds | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 60 seconds ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t11:o1:1 # text = 60 seconds 1 60 60 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 90 seconds ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t11:o2:1 # text = 90 seconds 1 90 90 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 30 seconds ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t11:o3:1 # text = 30 seconds 1 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 120 seconds ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t11:o4:1 # text = 120 seconds 1 120 120 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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