--- title: Whereas a request for "five more minutes" is made at 8:00 and play c… — "Five more minutes" and other waiting… · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas a request for "five more minutes" is made at 8:00 and play ceases at 8:25, ascertain the actual duration of further play. Exam question 2 of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / ["Five more minutes" and other waiting…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games Whereas a request for "five more minutes" is made at 8:00 and play ceases at 8:25, ascertain the actual duration of further play. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** make, play, ascertain · **To what, where:** request, 8:00, ceases, 8:25, actual duration This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e2:1 # text = Whereas a request for "five more minutes" is made at 8:00 and play ceases at 8:25, ascertain the actual duration of further play. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 8:00 8:00 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 ceases cease NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 8:25 8:25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 ascertain ascertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 actual actual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | a request for five more minutes | | 8:00 | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **play** | present | | ceases | | 8:25 | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cease=Theme | | 3 | **ascertain** | infinitive | | the actual duration of further play | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Twenty-five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e2:o1:1 # text = Twenty-five minutes 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Thirty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e2:o2:1 # text = Thirty minutes 1 Thirty thirty 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} Five minutes exactly ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e2:o3:1 # text = Five minutes exactly 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Twenty minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e2:o4:1 # text = Twenty minutes 1 Twenty twenty 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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