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title: Amir: "I've had 6 days in Minecraft and it's only been 2 hours!" Is… — Why time flies and why it drags · tree and pragmatics
description: Amir: "I've had 6 days in Minecraft and it's only been 2 hours!" Is his maths right if a Minecraft day is 20 minutes? Test 2 · ★★★ 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;
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Why time flies and why it drags

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Amir: "I've had 6 days in Minecraft and it's only been 2 hours!" Is his maths right if a Minecraft day is 20 minutes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Amir, maths · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** Amir, Minecraft, 2 hours, maths, 20 minutes

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Amir: "I've had 6 days in Minecraft and it's only been 2 hours!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t2:1
# text = Amir: "I've had 6 days in Minecraft and it's only been 2 hours!"
1	Amir	amir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Minecraft	Minecraft	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
16	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | Amir |  | Minecraft | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Amir | 2 hours |  |  |  |  | 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:* Is his maths right if a Minecraft day is 20 minutes?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t2:2
# text = Is his maths right if a Minecraft day is 20 minutes?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Minecraft	Minecraft	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Minecraft's maths |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Minecraft's maths | 20 minutes |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Yes, 120 ÷ 20 = 6

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, 120 ÷ 20 = 6
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	120	120	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	÷	÷	SYM	SYM	_	5	case	_	_
5	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	7	case	_	_
7	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it should be 12 days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t2:o2:1
# text = No, it should be 12 days
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	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** | should | it | 12 days |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it should be 20 days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t2:o3:1
# text = No, it should be 20 days
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	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** | should | it | 20 days |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it should be 2 days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t2:o4:1
# text = No, it should be 2 days
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	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** | should | it | 2 days |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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