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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "now now" in South African English. Exam question 3 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 que
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# Exam question 3 · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "now now" in South African English.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, South African English, expression

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "now now" in South African English.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
20	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  | South African English | now |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the expression |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It signifies "on the following day"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e3:o1:1
# text = It signifies "on the following day"
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | It |  |  |  | day |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **follow** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It signifies "never"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e3:o2:1
# text = It signifies "never"
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **signify** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It signifies "soon", possibly after some while

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e3:o3:1
# text = It signifies "soon", possibly after some while
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	possibly	possibly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | It |  |  |  | while | possibly, soon *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It signifies "at this precise instant"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:e3:o4:1
# text = It signifies "at this precise instant"
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	instant	instant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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