Test 2 · Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock
Noah asks, "Are there 15 o'clocks now?" at a timetable showing 15:30. What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, timetable, best answer · What happens: ask, be, show · To what, where: timetable, 15:30 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 103 «Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock» 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: Noah asks, "Are there 15 o'clocks now?" at a timetable showing 15:30.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 there | punct |
| 5 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 there | cop |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 7 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 o'clocks | nummod |
| 8 | o'clocks | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 there | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 there | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 there | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 there | punct |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 timetable | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 timetable | det |
| 14 | timetable | timetable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obl |
| 15 | showing | show | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 timetable | acl |
| 16 | 15:30 | 15:30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 showing | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Noah | a timetable | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | now | 15 o'clocks obl:unmarked; there property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | show | gerund | a timetable not said here | 15:30 | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 15:30=Recipient |
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: What is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | 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 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 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 best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, 15:30 means 15 minutes past 3 in the morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 15:30 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | 15:30 | 15:30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 minutes | nummod |
| 6 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 means | obj |
| 7 | past | past | ADP | _ | 8 3 | case |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 minutes | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 morning | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 morning | det |
| 11 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 3 | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | 15:30 | minute | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, and it means half past five
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 means | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 8 five | advmod |
| 7 | past | past | ADP | _ | 8 five | case |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | five | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, on the 24-hour clock; it is 3:30 pm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 clock | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 clock | punct |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 clock | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 clock | det |
| 5 | 24 | 24 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 hour | nummod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 24 | punct |
| 7 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 clock | compound |
| 8 | clock | clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 3:30 | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 3:30 | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 3:30 | cop |
| 12 | 3:30 | 3:30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 clock | appos |
| 13 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 3:30 | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | clock | 3:30 | pm nmod:unmarked | tree rules |
Option 4
No, 15:30 is a typing mistake for 1:30
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 mistake | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | 15:30 | 15:30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 mistake | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mistake | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mistake | det |
| 6 | typing | typing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mistake | compound |
| 7 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 1:30 | case |
| 9 | 1:30 | 1:30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 mistake | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | 15:30 | a typing mistake | for 1:30 | tree rules |
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