Exam question 2 · Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is
It is given that a microwave display reads 1:30. Ascertain the duration thereby indicated.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: microwave display, you · What happens: give, read, ascertain, indicate · To what, where: It, 1:30, duration
This is exam question 2 of lesson 105 «Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a microwave display reads 1:30.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 reads | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 display | det |
| 6 | microwave | microwave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 display | compound |
| 7 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reads | nsubj |
| 8 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | 1:30 | 1:30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 reads | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | read | present | a microwave display | 1:30 | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 1:30=Topic |
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: Ascertain the duration thereby indicated.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 duration | det |
| 3 | duration | duration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 5 indicated | advmod |
| 5 | indicated | indicate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 duration | acl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the duration | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic | ||||
| 2 | indicate | participle | the duration not said here | thereby property | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
One hundred and thirty seconds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 seconds | nummod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 thirty | cc |
| 4 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | conj |
| 5 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Thirteen minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thirteen | thirteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minutes | nummod |
| 2 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
One minute and thirty seconds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 minute | nummod |
| 2 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 seconds | cc |
| 4 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 seconds | nummod |
| 5 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 minute | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
One hour and thirty minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hour | nummod |
| 2 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 minutes | cc |
| 4 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 minutes | nummod |
| 5 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hour | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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