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title: Esme, a bit delulu (believing something silly): "Microwave says 1:30… — Alarms, stopwatches and how long a sec… · tree and pragmatics
description: Esme, a bit delulu (believing something silly): "Microwave says 1:30, popcorn's gonna take an hour and a half." What's the truth? Test 8 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 
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# Test 8 · Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is

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Esme, a bit delulu (believing something silly): "Microwave says 1:30, popcorn's gonna take an hour and a half." What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Esme, 1:30 popcorn, truth · **What happens:** believe, say, take, be · **To what, where:** something · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Esme, a bit delulu (believing something silly): "Microwave says 1:30, popcorn's gonna take an hour and a half."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t8:1
# text = Esme, a bit delulu (believing something silly): "Microwave says 1:30, popcorn's gonna take an hour and a half."
1	Esme	Esme	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	delulu	delulu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	appos	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Microwave	microwave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	1:30	1:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	popcorn	popcorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	20	dep	_	_
20	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
21	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | gerund |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Esme |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | 1:30 popcorn |  |  |  | hour |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t8:2
# 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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It is 13 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t8:o1:1
# text = It is 13 minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | 13 minutes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is 130 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t8:o2:1
# text = It is 130 seconds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	130	130	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | 130 seconds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is 1 hour 30 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t8:o3:1
# text = It is 1 hour 30 minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

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

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It is 1 minute 30 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:t8:o4:1
# text = It is 1 minute 30 seconds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

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