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title: Lexi says, "The dentist made the clock slow, it's giving broken cloc… — Why time flies and why it drags · tree and pragmatics
description: Lexi says, "The dentist made the clock slow, it's giving broken clock." What's really true? Test 8 · ★★★ 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 was right.
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Why time flies and why it drags

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Lexi says, "The dentist made the clock slow, it's giving broken clock." What's really true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lexi, dentist · **What happens:** say, make, give, break, be · **To what, where:** clock, broken clock · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lexi says, "The dentist made the clock slow, it's giving broken clock."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t8:1
# text = Lexi says, "The dentist made the clock slow, it's giving broken clock."
1	Lexi	Lexi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
15	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lexi |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | past | the dentist | the clock |  |  |  | slow *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset clock=Product |
| 3 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | dentist | broken clock |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clock=Theme |
| 4 | **break** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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's really true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t8:2
# text = What's really true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The dentist really slowed the clock down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t8:o1:1
# text = The dentist really slowed the clock down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	slowed	slow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | past | the dentist | the clock |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent clock=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The clock was fine; worry made the wait feel long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t8:o2:1
# text = The clock was fine; worry made the wait feel long
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wait	wait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the clock |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | fine worry | the wait |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** | infinitive | the wait *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The waiting room clock runs on a different time zone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t8:o3:1
# text = The waiting room clock runs on a different time zone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | the room clock |  |  | a different time zone |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on zone=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All clocks run slow near dentists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t8:o4:1
# text = All clocks run slow near dentists
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dentists	dentist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | all clocks |  |  | dentists |  | slow *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near dentist=Trajectory |

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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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