Exam question 2 · Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands
It is given that the long hand points to the numeral eight. Ascertain the number of minutes elapsed since the hour.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: long hand, you · What happens: give, point, ascertain, elapse · To what, where: It, numeral, number, minutes
This is exam question 2 of lesson 101 «Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: It is given that the long hand points to the numeral eight.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 points | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hand | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hand | amod |
| 7 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 points | nsubj |
| 8 | points | point | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 numeral | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 numeral | det |
| 11 | numeral | numeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 points | obl |
| 12 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 numeral | flat |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | point | present | the long hand | the numeral | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to numeral=Recipient |
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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the number of minutes elapsed since the hour.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 number | det |
| 3 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 minutes | case |
| 5 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 number | nmod |
| 6 | elapsed | elapse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 minutes | acl |
| 7 | since | since | ADP | _ | 9 hour | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hour | det |
| 9 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 elapsed | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the number of minutes | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ||||
| 2 | elapse | participle | minutes not said here | hour | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Forty minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forty | forty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 minutes | amod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Eight minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Twenty minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Forty-eight minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 eight | punct |
| 3 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Forty | conj |
| 4 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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