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Test 1 · Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands

Tyler goes, "long hand's on the 3, so it's 3 o'clock, no cap." The short hand is just past the 12. Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tyler, hand, short hand · What happens: go, be · To what, where: 3 o'clock

This is test 1 of lesson 101 «Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Tyler goes, "long hand's on the 3, so it's 3 o'clock, no cap."

nsubjpunctpunctamodoblcasecasedetnmodpunctadvmodnsubjcopnummodoblpunctdetappospunctpunctrootTylerPROPNgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTlongADJhandNOUN'sPARTonADPtheDET3NUM,PUNCTsoADVitPRON'sAUX3NUMo'clockNOUN,PUNCTnoDETcapNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TylerTylerPROPNNumber=Sing2 goesnsubj
2goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_6 handpunct
4""PUNCT_6 handpunct
5longlongADJDegree=Pos6 handamod
6handhandNOUNNumber=Sing2 goesobl
7's'sPART_6 handcase
8ononADP_10 3case
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 3det
1033NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card6 handnmod
11,,PUNCT_16 o'clockpunct
12sosoADV_16 o'clockadvmod
13ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 o'clocknsubj
14'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 o'clockcop
1533NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card16 o'clocknummod
16o'clocko'clockNOUNNumber=Sing2 goesobl
17,,PUNCT_19 cappunct
18nonoDETPronType=Neg19 capdet
19capcapNOUNNumber=Sing16 o'clockappos
20..PUNCT_2 goespunct
21""PUNCT_2 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentTyler's long hand on the 3vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2is a in a quotepresenthand3 o'clocktree rules

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: The short hand is just past the 12.

detamodnsubjcopadvmodcasedetpunctrootTheDETshortADJhandNOUNisAUXjustADVpastADPtheDET12NUM.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 handdet
2shortshortADJDegree=Pos3 handamod
3handhandNOUNNumber=Sing8 12nsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 12cop
5justjustADV_8 12advmod
6pastpastADP_8 12case
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 12det
81212NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Cardrootroot
9..PUNCT_8 12punct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthe short handpast the 12tree rules

Sentence 3: Is he right?

copnsubjpunctrootIsAUXhePRONrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentTylerright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the long hand always gives the hour

discoursepunctdetamodnsubjadvmoddetobjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTtheDETlongADJhandNOUNalwaysADVgivesVERBtheDEThourNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos7 givesdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 handdet
4longlongADJDegree=Pos5 handamod
5handhandNOUNNumber=Sing7 givesnsubj
6alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot7 givesadvmod
7givesgiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 hourdet
9hourhourNOUNNumber=Sing7 givesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepresentthe long handhouralways propertyvn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

No, it's three minutes past twelve

discoursepunctnsubjcopnummodcasenmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXthreeNUMminutesNOUNpastADPtwelveNUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg6 minutesdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 minutesnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 minutescop
5threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 minutesnummod
6minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
7pastpastADP_8 twelvecase
8twelvetwelveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 minutesnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentitthree minutespast twelvetree rules

Option 3

Yes, but only in the afternoon

discoursepunctccadvmodcasedetrootYesINTJ,PUNCTbutCCONJonlyADVinADPtheDETafternoonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos7 afternoondiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3butbutCCONJ_7 afternooncc
4onlyonlyADV_7 afternoonadvmod
5ininADP_7 afternooncase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 afternoondet
7afternoonafternoonNOUNNumber=Singrootroot

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's quarter past twelve; the short hand gives the hour

discoursepunctnsubjcopcasenmodpunctdetamodnsubjacl:relcldetobjrootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXquarterNOUNpastADPtwelveNUM;PUNCTtheDETshortADJhandNOUNgivesVERBtheDEThourNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 quarterdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 quarternsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 quartercop
5quarterquarterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6pastpastADP_7 twelvecase
7twelvetwelveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 quarternmod
8;;PUNCT_12 givespunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 handdet
10shortshortADJDegree=Pos11 handamod
11handhandNOUNNumber=Sing12 givesnsubj
12givesgiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 quarteracl:relcl
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 hourdet
14hourhourNOUNNumber=Sing12 givesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentitquarterpast twelvetree rules
2givepresentthe short handquarter not said herehourvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme

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