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title: Dan yells, "Done, counted to 60!" after 10 seconds. Everyone shouts,… — Alarms, stopwatches and how long a sec… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dan yells, "Done, counted to 60!" after 10 seconds. Everyone shouts, "Cheater!" Why? Test 3 of lesson 105 «Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is» of the world 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 3 · Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is

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Dan yells, "Done, counted to 60!" after 10 seconds. Everyone shouts, "Cheater!" Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dan, Everyone · **What happens:** yell, do, count, shout · **To what, where:** Cheater · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dan yells, "Done, counted to 60!" after 10 seconds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t3:1
# text = Dan yells, "Done, counted to 60!" after 10 seconds.
1	Dan	Dan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	yells	yell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | Dan |  |  |  | second |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **count** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to 60 | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to 60=Experiencer |

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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:* Everyone shouts, "Cheater!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t3:2
# text = Everyone shouts, "Cheater!"
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Cheater	cheater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Everyone | Cheater |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheater=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t3:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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You should only count to 10 in hide-and-seek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t3:o1:1
# text = You should only count to 10 in hide-and-seek
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	seek	seek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | should | You |  |  | hide seek |  | to 10 | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to 10=Experiencer |

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

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Counting to 60 properly takes about a minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t3:o2:1
# text = Counting to 60 properly takes about a minute
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
4	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to 60; properly *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to 60=Experiencer |
| 2 | **take** | present | Counting |  |  |  | minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nobody can count to 60 in a game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t3:o3:1
# text = Nobody can count to 60 in a game
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | can | Nobody |  |  | a game |  | to 60 | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to 60=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Counting to 60 takes about 10 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t3:o4:1
# text = Counting to 60 takes about 10 minutes
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
4	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to 60 | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to 60=Experiencer |
| 2 | **take** | present | Counting |  |  |  | minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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