--- title: A Singapore aunt: "Wait, lah, 4 people in front, each 3 minutes only… — "Five more minutes" and other waiting… · tree and pragmatics description: A Singapore aunt: "Wait, lah, 4 people in front, each 3 minutes only." How long is the wait? 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How long is the wait? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** lah, wait This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Singapore aunt: "Wait, lah, 4 people in front, each 3 minutes only." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t12:1 # text = A Singapore aunt: "Wait, lah, 4 people in front, each 3 minutes only." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Singapore Singapore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 lah lah NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 appos _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 16 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | | lah | | | minute | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: 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:* How long is the wait? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t12:2 # text = How long is the wait? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the wait | | | | long *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 7 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t12:o1:1 # text = 7 minutes 1 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|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} 1 minute ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t12:o2:1 # text = 1 minute 1 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 12 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t12:o3:1 # text = 12 minutes 1 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|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} 43 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t12:o4:1 # text = 43 minutes 1 43 43 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|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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