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title: In a cartoon, the hero says "back in a jiffy" and returns 100 years… — "Five more minutes" and other waiting… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, the hero says "back in a jiffy" and returns 100 years later. What is a jiffy really meant to be? Test 11 · ★★ 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 op
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# Test 11 · ★★ · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games

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In a cartoon, the hero says "back in a jiffy" and returns 100 years later. What is a jiffy really meant to be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hero, jiffy · **What happens:** say, return, be · **To what, where:** cartoon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the hero says "back in a jiffy" and returns 100 years later.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t11:1
# text = In a cartoon, the hero says "back in a jiffy" and returns 100 years later.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	jiffy	jiffy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the hero |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner |
| 2 | **return** | present | the hero *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 is a jiffy really meant to be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t11:2
# text = What is a jiffy really meant to be?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	jiffy	jiffy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a jiffy |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a jiffy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Exactly 100 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t11:o1:1
# text = Exactly 100 years
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t11:o2:1
# text = One week
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A short moment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t11:o3:1
# text = A short moment
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t11:o4:1
# text = One day
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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