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title: Will moans, "This homework is taking ages!" His timer went from 10:0… — Alarms, stopwatches and how long a sec… · tree and pragmatics
description: Will moans, "This homework is taking ages!" His timer went from 10:00 to 8:30. What's the truth? Test 5 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
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# Test 5 · Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is

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Will moans, "This homework is taking ages!" His timer went from 10:00 to 8:30. What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** homework, timer, truth · **What happens:** moan, take, go, be · **To what, where:** ages, 10:00 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Will moans, "This homework is taking ages!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t5:1
# text = Will moans, "This homework is taking ages!"
1	Will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	moans	moan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moan** | future |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present · progressive | this homework | ages |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme |

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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:* His timer went from 10:00 to 8:30.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t5:2
# text = His timer went from 10:00 to 8:30.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	timer	timer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	10:00	10:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	8:30	8:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | homework's timer |  |  | 10:00 to 8:30 |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from 10:00=Initial\_Location |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t5:3
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ten minutes have passed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t5:o1:1
# text = Ten minutes have passed
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive |  | Ten minutes |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eight and a half minutes have passed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t5:o2:1
# text = Eight and a half minutes have passed
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	compound	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive |  | a half minutes |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An hour and a half has passed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t5:o3:1
# text = An hour and a half has passed
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	conj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive |  | a hour and a half |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Only a minute and a half has passed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t5:o4:1
# text = Only a minute and a half has passed
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	conj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive |  | a minute and a half |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

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