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title: Leo times a conker on a string: big swing, small swing, same time. H… — Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo times a conker on a string: big swing, small swing, same time. His mate: "Nah, big swings take longer, deffo." Who's right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 1 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p…

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Leo times a conker on a string: big swing, small swing, same time. His mate: "Nah, big swings take longer, deffo." Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** take, be · **To what, where:** deffo

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» 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/123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo times a conker on a string: big swing, small swing, same time.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t1:1
# text = Leo times a conker on a string: big swing, small swing, same time.
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	conker	conker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* His mate: "Nah, big swings take longer, deffo."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t1:2
# text = His mate: "Nah, big swings take longer, deffo."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	swings	swing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	deffo	deffo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** *in a quote* | present | His mate | deffo |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deffo=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t1:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Neither: a conker can't swing steadily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t1:o1:1
# text = Neither: a conker can't swing steadily
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	conker	conker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	swing	swing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	steadily	steadily	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **swing** | can | a conker |  |  |  |  | neither, steadily *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Leo: Galileo found the swing time stays the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t1:o2:1
# text = Leo: Galileo found the swing time stays the same
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Galileo	Galileo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Leo and Galileo |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the swing time |  |  |  |  | same *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The mate: small swings take twice as long as big ones do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t1:o3:1
# text = The mate: small swings take twice as long as big ones do
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	swings	swing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | small swings | the mate *not said here* |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | big ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mate: big swings always take longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t1:o4:1
# text = The mate: big swings always take longer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	swings	swing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | the mate | big swings |  |  |  | always, long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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