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title: Phoebe asks every 5 minutes. Mum: "Ask once more and it's never." Wh… — "Five more minutes" and other waiting… · tree and pragmatics
description: Phoebe asks every 5 minutes. Mum: "Ask once more and it's never." What would work better? Test 4 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 4 · ★★ · "Five more minutes" and other waiting games

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Phoebe asks every 5 minutes. Mum: "Ask once more and it's never." What would work better?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Phoebe, Mum, it · **What happens:** ask, not be, work

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Phoebe asks every 5 minutes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t4:1
# text = Phoebe asks every 5 minutes.
1	Phoebe	Phoebe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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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:* Mum: "Ask once more and it's never."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t4:2
# text = Mum: "Ask once more and it's never."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **be** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What would work better?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t4:3
# text = What would work better?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | would |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent what=Material |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ask once, then ask "what time?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t4:o1:1
# text = Ask once, then ask "what time?"
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then; time |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cry and cry until Mum finally says yes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t4:o2:1
# text = Cry and cry until Mum finally says yes
1	Cry	cry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	cry	cry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Ask Dad every 5 minutes instead of Mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t4:o3:1
# text = Ask Dad every 5 minutes instead of Mum
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Dad |  | minute | instead Mum | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ask every single minute instead, nicely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:109-five-more-minutes-and-waiting-games:t4:o4:1
# text = Ask every single minute instead, nicely
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | minute | instead, nicely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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