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description: Tom, after his scary lesson: "That half hour lasted two hours, I swear." Why might his memory say so? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 110 «Why time flies and why it drags» 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 
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Why time flies and why it drags

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Tom, after his scary lesson: "That half hour lasted two hours, I swear." Why might his memory say so?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, I, memory · **What happens:** last, swear, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 110 «Why time flies and why it drags» 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/110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom, after his scary lesson: "That half hour lasted two hours, I swear."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t11:1
# text = Tom, after his scary lesson: "That half hour lasted two hours, I swear."
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	11	compound	_	_
11	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	swear	swear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** *in a quote* | past | Tom after Tom's scary lesson |  |  |  | hour |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **swear** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: 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:* Why might his memory say so?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t11:2
# text = Why might his memory say so?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | might | Tom's memory |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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His watch stopped while he was scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t11:o1:1
# text = His watch stopped while he was scared
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | His watch |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Scary lessons really last two hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t11:o2:1
# text = Scary lessons really last two hours
1	Scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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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In a fright the brain stores lots of details, so it seems longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t11:o3:1
# text = In a fright the brain stores lots of details, so it seems longer
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stores	store	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | present | the brain | lots of details |  | a fright |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lot=Theme in fright=Location |
| 2 | **seem** | present | it |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Water makes time go slower for swimmers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t11:o4:1
# text = Water makes time go slower for swimmers
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Water |  |  |  | time | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | Water *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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