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title: Kai: "Oi, back of the line, mate!" Ollie: "Chill, it's only one pers… — Being on time around the world, waitin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai: "Oi, back of the line, mate!" Ollie: "Chill, it's only one person." There are 10 kids ahead, each taking 1 minute. What did Ollie do? Test 4 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 4 · Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and dead…

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Kai: "Oi, back of the line, mate!" Ollie: "Chill, it's only one person." There are 10 kids ahead, each taking 1 minute. What did Ollie do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ollie, mate, 10 kids, each · **What happens:** chill, be, take, do · **To what, where:** one person

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This is test 4 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» 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/129-being-on-time-around-the-world/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai: "Oi, back of the line, mate!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t4:1
# text = Kai: "Oi, back of the line, mate!"
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Oi	Oi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Ollie: "Chill, it's only one person."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t4:2
# text = Ollie: "Chill, it's only one person."
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** *in a quote* | infinitive | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | mate | one person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* There are 10 kids ahead, each taking 1 minute.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t4:3
# text = There are 10 kids ahead, each taking 1 minute.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | 10 kids |  |  | there |  | ahead *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | gerund | each |  |  |  | minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* What did Ollie do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t4:4
# text = What did Ollie do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **do** | past · do-support | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He made the queue move faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t4:o1:1
# text = He made the queue move faster
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	xcomp	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | the queue |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | present | the queue *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He skipped 10 minutes of waiting and made everyone else wait longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t4:o2:1
# text = He skipped 10 minutes of waiting and made everyone else wait longer
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	skipped	skip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | past | He |  |  |  | minute |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | He *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wait** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He saved everybody some time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t4:o3:1
# text = He saved everybody some time
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | He | everybody |  |  | time |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everybody=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He made no difference at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t4:o4:1
# text = He made no difference at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | no difference |  | all |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difference=Product |

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