--- title: The short hand is between 7 and 8, and the long hand points to 9. Wh… — Clocks, calendars and planning the day · tree and pragmatics description: The short hand is between 7 and 8, and the long hand points to 9. What time is it? 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What time is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** short hand, long hand, time · **What happens:** be, point · **To what, where:** 9, hand This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The short hand is between 7 and 8, and the long hand points to 9. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t4:1 # text = The short hand is between 7 and 8, and the long hand points to 9. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the short hand | | | | | between 7 | tree rules | | 2 | **point** | present | the long hand | | 9 | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to 9=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 time is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t4:2 # text = What time is it? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | what time | hand | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 8:45 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t4:o1:1 # text = 8:45 1 8:45 8:45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 9:35 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t4:o2:1 # text = 9:35 1 9:35 9:35 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 7:09 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t4:o3:1 # text = 7:09 1 7:09 7:09 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 7:45 ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t4:o4:1 # text = 7:45 1 7:45 7:45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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