--- title: Theo's mum: "Hard-boiled, so two turns of the egg timer, yeah?" Each… — Clocks before clocks: sundials, water… · tree and pragmatics description: Theo's mum: "Hard-boiled, so two turns of the egg timer, yeah?" Each turn is 3 minutes. How long do the eggs boil? Test 6 of lesson 122 «Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and hourglasses» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/122-clocks-before-clocks/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Clocks before clocks: sundials, water…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/122-clocks-before-clocks/) / t6 # Test 6 · Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and… Theo's mum: "Hard-boiled, so two turns of the egg timer, yeah?" Each turn is 3 minutes. How long do the eggs boil? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** turn · **What happens:** boil, be, do · **To what, where:** two turns, 3 minutes, eggs boil This is test 6 of lesson 122 «Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and hourglasses» 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/122-clocks-before-clocks/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Theo's mum: "Hard-boiled, so two turns of the egg timer, yeah?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t6:1 # text = Theo's mum: "Hard-boiled, so two turns of the egg timer, yeah?" 1 Theo Theo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 turns turn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 timer timer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** *in a quote* | participle | | two turns of the egg timer | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent turn=Patient | 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:* Each turn is 3 minutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t6:2 # text = Each turn is 3 minutes. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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 | each turn | 3 minutes | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* How long do the eggs boil? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t6:3 # text = How long do the eggs boil? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 compound _ _ 6 boil boil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the eggs boil | | | | long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boil=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 2 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t6:o1:1 # text = 2 minutes 1 2 2 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} 9 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t6:o2:1 # text = 9 minutes 1 9 9 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 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 6 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t6:o3:1 # text = 6 minutes 1 6 6 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} 3 minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t6:o4:1 # text = 3 minutes 1 3 3 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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