Test 1 · ★ · Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time Chloe goes, "Quarter to seven? Easy, that's quarter past, so 7:15." What's the right answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Chloe, that, right answer · What happens: go, be · To what, where: Quarter, quarter past
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 102 «Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time» 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: Chloe goes, "Quarter to seven?
nsubj punct punct obl case nmod punct root Chloe PROPN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Quarter NOUN to ADP seven NUM ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chloe Chloe PROPN Number=Sing 2 goes nsubj 2 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 Quarter punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 Quarter punct 5 Quarter quarter NOUN Number=Sing 2 goes obl 6 to to ADP _ 7 seven case 7 seven seven NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 Quarter nmod 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Chloe Quarter to seven vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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: Easy, that's quarter past, so 7:15."
punct nsubj cop compound obl punct advmod obl punct punct root Easy ADJ , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX quarter NOUN past NOUN , PUNCT so ADV 7:15 NUM . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 6 past punct 3 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 past nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 past cop 5 quarter quarter NOUN Number=Sing 6 past compound 6 past past NOUN Number=Sing 1 Easy obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 7:15 punct 8 so so ADV _ 9 7:15 advmod 9 7:15 7:15 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 1 Easy obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Easy punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 1 Easy punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present that quarter past tree rules
Sentence 3: What's the right answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET right ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 answer det 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the right answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer 6:45, because "to" means before seven
nsubj punct mark punct nsubj punct case obl root 6:45 NUM , PUNCT because SCONJ " PUNCT to PART " PUNCT means VERB before ADP seven NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 6:45 6:45 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 means nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 means punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 means mark 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 to punct 5 to to PART _ 7 means nsubj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 to punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 before before ADP _ 9 seven case 9 seven seven NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 means obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present 6:45 before seven vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 7:15, because quarter always means after
punct mark nsubj advmod parataxis nmod root 7:15 NUM , PUNCT because SCONJ quarter NOUN always ADV means VERB after ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 7:15 7:15 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 6 means punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 6 means mark 4 quarter quarter NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 means advmod 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 7:15 parataxis 7 after after ADP _ 1 7:15 nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present quarter always property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice 6:15, because quarter to means a quarter of six
punct mark nsubj fixed parataxis det obj case nmod root 6:15 NUM , PUNCT because SCONJ quarter NOUN to PART means VERB a DET quarter NOUN of ADP six NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 6:15 6:15 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 6 means punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 6 means mark 4 quarter quarter NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 to to PART _ 4 quarter fixed 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 6:15 parataxis 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 quarter det 8 quarter quarter NOUN Number=Sing 6 means obj 9 of of ADP _ 10 six case 10 six six NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 quarter nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present quarter a quarter of six vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarter=Topic
Option 4 7:45, because "to" means three quarters
nsubj punct mark punct nsubj punct nummod obj root 7:45 NUM , PUNCT because SCONJ " PUNCT to PART " PUNCT means VERB three NUM quarters NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 7:45 7:45 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 means nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 means punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 means mark 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 to punct 5 to to PART _ 7 means nsubj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 to punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 quarters nummod 9 quarters quarter NOUN Number=Plur 7 means obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present 7:45 three quarters vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarter=Topic
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