Test 9 · Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands Finn reads 06:05 as "six oh five". His mum says, "Five past six, yeah." Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Finn, mum · What happens: read, say, be · To what, where: 06:05 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Finn reads 06:05 as "six oh five".
nsubj obj case punct obl discourse conj punct punct root Finn PROPN reads VERB 06:05 NUM as ADP " PUNCT six NUM oh INTJ five NUM " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Finn Finn PROPN Number=Sing 2 reads nsubj 2 reads read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 06:05 06:05 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 reads obj 4 as as ADP _ 6 six case 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 six punct 6 six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 reads obl 7 oh oh INTJ _ 8 five discourse 8 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 six conj 9 " " PUNCT _ 6 six punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 reads punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 read present Finn 06:05 as six vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer 06:05=Stimulus as six=Attribute
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: His mum says, "Five past six, yeah."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct ccomp case nmod punct discourse punct punct root His PRON mum NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Five NUM past ADP six NUM , PUNCT yeah INTJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mum nmod:poss 2 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 Five punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Five punct 6 Five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 says ccomp 7 past past ADP _ 8 six case 8 six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 Five nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 6 Five punct 10 yeah yeah INTJ _ 6 Five discourse 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Finn's mum vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Who is right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 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 right property tree rules
The options Option 1 Only Mum; "six oh five" is wrong
advmod nsubj punct punct appos discourse conj punct cop root Only ADV Mum NOUN ; PUNCT " PUNCT six NUM oh INTJ five NUM " PUNCT is AUX wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 Mum advmod 2 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 10 wrong nsubj 3 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 six punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 six punct 5 six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 Mum appos 6 oh oh INTJ _ 7 five discourse 7 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 six conj 8 " " PUNCT _ 5 six punct 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 wrong cop 10 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Mum wrong property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Both of them; it is the same time
nsubj case nmod punct nsubj cop det amod root Both DET of ADP them PRON ; PUNCT it PRON is AUX the DET same ADJ time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 9 time nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 3 them case 3 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Both nmod 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 time punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 time nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 time cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 time det 8 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 9 time amod 9 time time NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Both the same time tree rules
Option 3 Only Finn; five past six is 5:06
advmod punct compound case nmod cop appos root Only ADV Finn PROPN ; PUNCT five NUM past ADP six NUM is AUX 5:06 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 Finn advmod 2 Finn Finn PROPN Number=Sing root root 3 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 5:06 punct 4 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 5:06 compound 5 past past ADP _ 6 six case 6 six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 five nmod 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 5:06 cop 8 5:06 5:06 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 Finn appos
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present five 5:06 tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Neither; the time is five to six
advmod punct det nsubj cop case nmod root Neither ADV ; PUNCT the DET time NOUN is AUX five NUM to ADP six NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 6 five advmod 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Neither punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 time det 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing 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 root root 7 to to ADP _ 8 six case 8 six six 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 the time five to six; neither property tree rules
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