---
title: Leo: "The clock did 6 bongs in 5 seconds, so 12 bongs is 10 seconds,… — Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo: "The clock did 6 bongs in 5 seconds, so 12 bongs is 10 seconds, easy." What has he missed? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 192 «Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles/t4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles/) / t4

# Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leo: "The clock did 6 bongs in 5 seconds, so 12 bongs is 10 seconds, easy." What has he missed?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, 12 bongs · **What happens:** do, be, miss · **To what, where:** 6 bongs, 10 seconds

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Leo: "The clock did 6 bongs in 5 seconds, so 12 bongs is 10 seconds, easy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t4:1
# text = Leo: "The clock did 6 bongs in 5 seconds, so 12 bongs is 10 seconds, easy."
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	bongs	bong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
14	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	bongs	bong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Leo | 6 bongs |  |  | second |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bong=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | 12 bongs | 10 seconds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* |  | 12 bongs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What has he missed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t4:2
# text = What has he missed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	missed	miss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present · perfect | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Counting gaps: 6 bongs make 5 gaps, 12 make 11, so 11 seconds

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t4:o1:1
# text = Counting gaps: 6 bongs make 5 gaps, 12 make 11, so 11 seconds
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	bongs	bong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	appos	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  | gaps |  |  | second |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gap=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | 6 bongs |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **make** | present | 5 gaps | 11 |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 11=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bongs take longer than gaps, so 12 bongs must take 12 seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t4:o2:1
# text = Bongs take longer than gaps, so 12 bongs must take 12 seconds
1	Bongs	bong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	bongs	bong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Bongs |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | must | 12 bongs |  |  |  | second |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing: 6 bongs in 5 seconds means 12 bongs in 10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing: 6 bongs in 5 seconds means 12 bongs in 10
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	bongs	bong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	bongs	bong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Nothing | 12 bongs |  |  |  | in 10 | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot bong=Theme in 10=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clocks always strike faster at noon, so 12 bongs is quicker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles:t4:o4:1
# text = Clocks always strike faster at noon, so 12 bongs is quicker
1	Clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	strike	strike	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	bongs	bong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | present | Clocks |  |  |  | noon | always, fast *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | 12 bongs |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles/t3/)
- next →: [Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles/t5/)
- ↑ back to [Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles/)