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title: Ava: "15 minutes off a day down to 15 seconds, that's like sixty tim… — Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ava: "15 minutes off a day down to 15 seconds, that's like sixty times better." Check her sum. Test 2 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p…

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Ava: "15 minutes off a day down to 15 seconds, that's like sixty times better." Check her sum.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ava, you · **What happens:** be, check, sum · **To what, where:** sum

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ava: "15 minutes off a day down to 15 seconds, that's like sixty times better."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t2:1
# text = Ava: "15 minutes off a day down to 15 seconds, that's like sixty times better."
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ava |  |  |  | time | good *property* | 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:* Check her sum.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t2:2
# text = Check her sum.
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | Ava's sum |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Theme |
| 2 | **sum** |  | Ava |  |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wrong: it's 4 times better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t2:o1:1
# text = Wrong: it's 4 times better
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wrong: it's 900 times better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t2:o2:1
# text = Wrong: it's 900 times better
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	900	900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right: 900 seconds ÷ 15 = 60

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t2:o3:1
# text = Right: 900 seconds ÷ 15 = 60
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	900	900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	÷	÷	SYM	SYM	_	6	case	_	_
6	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	8	case	_	_
8	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wrong: it's only 15 times better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t2:o4:1
# text = Wrong: it's only 15 times better
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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