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title: Grandson: "You were so ready for 8 minutes, Grandad, you even made a… — Sounds wrong, but is right · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandson: "You were so ready for 8 minutes, Grandad, you even made a tea." How long would it take to cut a log into 6 pieces at 2 minutes a cut? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Sounds wrong, but is right

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Grandson: "You were so ready for 8 minutes, Grandad, you even made a tea." How long would it take to cut a log into 6 pieces at 2 minutes a cut?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** be, make, take, cut · **To what, where:** Grandson, tea, log, 6 pieces

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» 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/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandson: "You were so ready for 8 minutes, Grandad, you even made a tea."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t6:1
# text = Grandson: "You were so ready for 8 minutes, Grandad, you even made a tea."
1	Grandson	grandson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | You |  |  |  | minute | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | past | you | Grandson and Grandad |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Product |

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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:* How long would it take to cut a log into 6 pieces at 2 minutes a cut?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t6:2
# text = How long would it take to cut a log into 6 pieces at 2 minutes a cut?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would |  | tea |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cut** | to-infinitive |  | a log |  | 6 pieces | minute |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent log=Material into piece=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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12 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t6:o1:1
# text = 12 minutes
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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10 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t6:o2:1
# text = 10 minutes
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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8 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t6:o3:1
# text = 8 minutes
1	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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6 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:t6:o4:1
# text = 6 minutes
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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