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title: Jack, at the servo: "Waited literally forever for the car wash, like… — Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack, at the servo: "Waited literally forever for the car wash, like three hours. Well, 25 minutes tbh." He started waiting at 2:50. When did it end? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 192 «Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★

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Jack, at the servo: "Waited literally forever for the car wash, like three hours. Well, 25 minutes tbh." He started waiting at 2:50. When did it end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** servo, Jack · **What happens:** wait, wash, start, end · **To what, where:** 2:50

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 192 «Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★» 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/192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack, at the servo: "Waited literally forever for the car wash, like three hours.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t3:1
# text = Jack, at the servo: "Waited literally forever for the car wash, like three hours.
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	servo	servo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | past | the servo *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the car; forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wash** *in a quote* | infinitive | the servo *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Well, 25 minutes tbh."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t3:2
# text = Well, 25 minutes tbh."
1	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* He started waiting at 2:50.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t3:3
# text = He started waiting at 2:50.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	2:50	2:50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | Jack *not said here* |  |  | 2:50 |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 2:50=Location |

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*Sentence 4:* When did it end?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t3:4
# text = When did it end?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	end	end	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 | **end** | past · do-support | servo |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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At 3:05, twenty-five minutes before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t3:o1:1
# text = At 3:05, twenty-five minutes before
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	3:05	3:05	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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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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At 3:15

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t3:o2:1
# text = At 3:15
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	3:15	3:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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At 5:50, three hours later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t3:o3:1
# text = At 5:50, three hours later
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	5:50	5:50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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At 3:25

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t3:o4:1
# text = At 3:25
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	3:25	3:25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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