Test 4 · Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock
Kofi, lowkey stressed (a bit worried, but hiding it): "Footy's at 20:00, bedtime half eight, is that past my bedtime?"
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Footy, hiding · What happens: stress, hide, be · To what, where: Kofi, lowkey, 20:00
This is test 4 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kofi | Kofi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 stressed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kofi | punct |
| 3 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stressed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | stressed | stress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 8 worried | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worried | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stressed | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 bedtime | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 bedtime | cc |
| 11 | hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 29 bedtime | csubj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hiding | obj |
| 13 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 11 hiding | punct |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 20:00 | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 20:00 | punct |
| 16 | Footy | footy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 20:00 | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 20:00 | cop |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 20:00 | case |
| 19 | 20:00 | 20:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 hiding | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 bedtime | punct |
| 21 | bedtime | bedtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 20:00 | appos |
| 22 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 23 eight | advmod |
| 23 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 bedtime | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hiding | punct |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 bedtime | cop |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 bedtime | mark |
| 27 | past | past | ADP | _ | 29 bedtime | case |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 bedtime | nmod:poss |
| 29 | bedtime | bedtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stressed | obl |
| 30 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 stressed | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 stressed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stress | participle · passive | Kofi | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 2 | hide | gerund | lowkey | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Footy | 20:00 | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | hiding | past my bedtime | tree rules |
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.
The options
Option 1
No, 20:00 is 2 pm, in the afternoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 2 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | 20:00 | 20:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 2 | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 2 | cop |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 6 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 2 | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 2 | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 afternoon | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 afternoon | det |
| 10 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 2 | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | 20:00 | 2 | afternoon | pm nmod:unmarked | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, 20:00 is 8 pm, half an hour before bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 8 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | 20:00 | 20:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 8 | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 8 | cop |
| 5 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 6 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 8 | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hour | punct |
| 8 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 10 hour | det:predet |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hour | det |
| 10 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 8 | conj |
| 11 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 bed | case |
| 12 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | 20:00 | 8 and half hour before bed | pm nmod:unmarked | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, 20:00 is 12 hours after bedtime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 hours | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | 20:00 | 20:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 hours | nummod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hours | cop |
| 5 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 hours | nummod |
| 6 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 bedtime | case |
| 8 | bedtime | bedtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hours | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | 20:00 12 hours | after bedtime | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, 20:00 is 10 pm, way past bedtime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 10 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | 20:00 | 20:00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 10 | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 10 | cop |
| 5 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 6 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 10 | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 way | punct |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 10 | conj |
| 9 | past | past | ADP | _ | 10 bedtime | case |
| 10 | bedtime | bedtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 way | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | 20:00 | 10 and way past bedtime | pm nmod:unmarked | tree rules |
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