--- title: It is given that four persons precede an individual in a queue, each… — "Five more minutes" and other waiting… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that four persons precede an individual in a queue, each requiring approximately three minutes. Determine the anticipated waiting period. 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Determine the anticipated waiting period. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** four persons, you · **What happens:** give, precede, require, determine, anticipate · **To what, where:** It, individual, queue, anticipated waiting period This is exam question 1 of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that four persons precede an individual in a queue, each requiring approximately three minutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e1:1 # text = It is given that four persons precede an individual in a queue, each requiring approximately three minutes. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 precede precede VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 individual individual NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 queue queue NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod _ _ 15 requiring require VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 approximately approximately ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **precede** | infinitive | four persons | a individual | | a queue each | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme individual=Co-Theme | | 3 | **require** | gerund | | | | | minute | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | 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:* Determine the anticipated waiting period. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e1:2 # text = Determine the anticipated waiting period. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 anticipated anticipate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 4 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the anticipated waiting period | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent period=Topic | | 2 | **anticipate** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Twelve minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e1:o1:1 # text = Twelve minutes 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Seven minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e1:o2:1 # text = Seven minutes 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Four minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e1:o3:1 # text = Four minutes 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Fifteen minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e1:o4:1 # text = Fifteen minutes 1 Fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute 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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