Test 7 · Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands

In a cartoon, a teacher counts the numbers 1 to 8 to the long hand and says, "Eight minutes past!" Put the cartoon right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, you · What happens: count, say, put · To what, where: numbers, cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: In a cartoon, a teacher counts the numbers 1 to 8 to the long hand and says, "Eight minutes past!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 counts	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 counts	nsubj
7	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 numbers	det
9	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 counts	obj
10	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 numbers	flat
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 8	case
12	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 1	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 hand	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hand	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hand	amod
16	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 counts	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 says	cc
18	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 counts	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 past	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 past	punct
21	Eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 minutes	nummod
22	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 past	compound
23	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 says	ccomp
24	!	!	PUNCT	_	23 past	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 past	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	a teacher	the numbers		a cartoon		to the long hand	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent number=Theme to hand=be'
2	say speech: assert	present	a teacher not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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: Put the cartoon right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	the cartoon				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Goal

The options

Option 1

It is 80 minutes past, because each number is 10 minutes

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	5 past	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 past	cop
3	80	80	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 minutes	nummod
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 past	compound
5	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 minutes	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 minutes	mark
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 number	det
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 minutes	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 minutes	cop
11	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 minutes	nummod
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 past	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	minutes past					tree rules
2	is a	present	each number	10 minutes					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is 8 minutes past, because each number is 1 minute

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	5 past	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 past	cop
3	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 minutes	nummod
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 past	obl:unmarked
5	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 minute	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 minute	mark
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 number	det
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 minute	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 minute	cop
11	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 minute	nummod
12	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 past	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It				minute	past property	tree rules
2	is a	present	each number	1 minute					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is 40 minutes past, because each number is 5 minutes

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	5 past	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 past	cop
3	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 minutes	nummod
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 past	compound
5	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 minutes	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 minutes	mark
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 number	det
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 minutes	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 minutes	cop
11	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 minutes	nummod
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 past	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	minutes past					tree rules
2	is a	present	each number	5 minutes					tree rules

Option 4

It is 16 minutes past, because each number is 2 minutes

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	5 past	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 past	cop
3	16	16	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 minutes	nummod
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 past	compound
5	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 minutes	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 minutes	mark
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 number	det
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 minutes	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 minutes	cop
11	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 minutes	nummod
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 past	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	minutes past					tree rules
2	is a	present	each number	2 minutes					tree rules

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