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description: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the saying "time and tide wait for no man". Exam question 4 of lesson 130 «Screen time, wasted time, and putting it all together» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 4 · Screen time, wasted time, and putting it all together

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Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the saying "time and tide wait for no man".

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, meaning · **What happens:** identify, convey, wait · **To what, where:** meaning · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 130 «Screen time, wasted time, and putting it all together» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/130-screen-time-and-putting-it-together/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:130-screen-time-and-putting-it-together:e4:1
# text = Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the saying "time and tide wait for no man".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	saying	saying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | the meaning *not said here* |  |  |  | by the saying and time and tide; accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wait** *in a quote* | present | the meaning |  |  |  |  | for no man | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The tides may be postponed at the request of sailors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:130-screen-time-and-putting-it-together:e4:o1:1
# text = The tides may be postponed at the request of sailors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	postponed	postpone	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **postpone** | may · passive |  | the tides |  | the request of sailors |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **request** |  |  | sailors |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Time proceeds irrespective of human readiness or delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:130-screen-time-and-putting-it-together:e4:o2:1
# text = Time proceeds irrespective of human readiness or delay
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proceeds	proceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	readiness	readiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | Time |  |  |  |  | of human readiness or delay; irrespective *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Time is measured exclusively by the tides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:130-screen-time-and-putting-it-together:e4:o3:1
# text = Time is measured exclusively by the tides
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	measured	measure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present · passive | the tides | Time |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme subject=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All persons must await the tide before acting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:130-screen-time-and-putting-it-together:e4:o4:1
# text = All persons must await the tide before acting
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	await	await	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** | must | all persons | the tide |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** | gerund | all persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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