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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."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hand	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 hand	punct
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hand	amod
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
7	's	's	PART	_	6 hand	case
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 3	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 3	det
10	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 hand	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 o'clock	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 o'clock	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 o'clock	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 o'clock	cop
15	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 o'clock	nummod
16	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cap	punct
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 cap	det
19	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 o'clock	appos
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Tyler					's long hand on the 3	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	hand	3 o'clock					tree 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.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hand	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hand	amod
3	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 12	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 12	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	8 12	advmod
6	past	past	ADP	_	8 12	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 12	det
8	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 12	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the short hand					past the 12	tree rules

Sentence 3: Is he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tyler					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the long hand always gives the hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 gives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hand	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hand	amod
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 gives	advmod
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hour	det
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	the long hand				hour	always property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

No, it's three minutes past twelve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 minutes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 minutes	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 minutes	cop
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 minutes	nummod
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	past	past	ADP	_	8 twelve	case
8	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 minutes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	three minutes				past twelve	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, but only in the afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 afternoon	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 afternoon	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 afternoon	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 afternoon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 afternoon	det
7	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 quarter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 quarter	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 quarter	cop
5	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	past	past	ADP	_	7 twelve	case
7	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 quarter	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 gives	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hand	det
10	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hand	amod
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gives	nsubj
12	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 quarter	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hour	det
14	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	quarter				past twelve	tree rules
2	give	present	the short hand	quarter not said here			hour		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme

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