Test 8 · Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands
A wee Scottish lad in class: "Big hand's on the 11, wee hand's near the 3. Home time at 3, aye?" How long till home time?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓
This is test 8 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: A wee Scottish lad in class: "Big hand's on the 11, wee hand's near the 3.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lad | det |
| 2 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lad | amod |
| 3 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lad | amod |
| 4 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 class | case |
| 6 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lad | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 hand | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 hand | punct |
| 9 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hand | amod |
| 10 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lad | conj |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 hand | case |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 11 | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 11 | det |
| 14 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 hand | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 hand | punct |
| 16 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 hand | amod |
| 17 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hand | conj |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 hand | case |
| 19 | near | near | ADP | _ | 21 3 | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 3 | det |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 hand | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Home time at 3, aye?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 time | compound |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 3 | case |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 time | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 aye | punct |
| 6 | aye | aye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 time | conj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 time | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 time | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: How long till home time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 long | advmod |
| 2 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | till | till | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 4 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 time | compound |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 long | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
5 minutes; it is five to three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 five | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 five | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 five | cop |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minutes | appos |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 three | case |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 five | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | five | to three | tree rules |
Option 2
11 minutes; it is 2:49
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 2:49 | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 2:49 | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 2:49 | cop |
| 6 | 2:49 | 2:49 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 minutes | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | 2:49 | tree rules |
Option 3
Hours; it is only eleven o'clock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 o'clock | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 o'clock | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 o'clock | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 eleven | advmod |
| 6 | eleven | eleven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 o'clock | nummod |
| 7 | o'clock | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hours | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | eleven o'clock | tree rules |
Option 4
None; it is three o'clock already
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 6 o'clock | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 None | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 o'clock | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 o'clock | cop |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 o'clock | nummod |
| 6 | o'clock | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | already | already | ADV | _ | 6 o'clock | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | None | three o'clock | tree rules |
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