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title: Kai, salty (annoyed) when Dad pulls the plug at 8:25: "It was only f… — "Five more minutes" and other waiting… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai, salty (annoyed) when Dad pulls the plug at 8:25: "It was only five minutes!" He asked at 8:00. What's true? Test 10 · ★★ 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 question and of each 
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# Test 10 · ★★ · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games

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Kai, salty (annoyed) when Dad pulls the plug at 8:25: "It was only five minutes!" He asked at 8:00. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kai, plug · **What happens:** pull, be, ask · **To what, where:** plug, 8:25, five minutes, 8:00

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 109 «"Five more minutes" and other waiting games» 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/109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai, salty (annoyed) when Dad pulls the plug at 8:25: "It was only five minutes!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t10:1
# text = Kai, salty (annoyed) when Dad pulls the plug at 8:25: "It was only five minutes!"
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	8:25	8:25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	only	only	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | Kai | the plug |  | 8:25 |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent plug=Theme at 8:25=Asset |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | plug | five minutes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* He asked at 8:00.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t10:2
# text = He asked at 8:00.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	8:00	8:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Kai |  |  | 8:00 |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t10:3
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It was 25 minutes, five times as long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t10:o1:1
# text = It was 25 minutes, five times as long
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | 25 minutes and five times |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was 8 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t10:o2:1
# text = It was 8 minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	8	8	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** | past | It | 8 minutes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was 2 and a half minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t10:o3:1
# text = It was 2 and a half minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	compound	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | 2 and half minutes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was exactly five minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t10:o4:1
# text = It was exactly five minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	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** | past | It | five minutes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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