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title: State the meaning of the abbreviation "p.m." pursuant to its Latin o… — Borrowed words: French, Norse and Latin · tree and pragmatics
description: State the meaning of the abbreviation "p.m." pursuant to its Latin origin. Exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Borrowed words: French, Norse and Latin» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · Borrowed words: French, Norse and Latin

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State the meaning of the abbreviation "p.m." pursuant to its Latin origin.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, abbreviation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Borrowed words: French, Norse and Latin» of the language 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e3:1
# text = State the meaning of the abbreviation "p.m." pursuant to its Latin origin.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	abbreviation	abbreviation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	p.m.	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the abbreviation to p.m.'s Latin origin |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** |  |  | the abbreviation to p.m.'s Latin origin |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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After midday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e3:o1:1
# text = After midday
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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After midnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e3:o2:1
# text = After midnight
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Before midday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e3:o3:1
# text = Before midday
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Past morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:23-borrowed-words-french-norse-and-latin:e3:o4:1
# text = Past morning
1	Past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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