---
title: It is given that the long hand points to the numeral eight. Ascertai… — Reading the clock: hours, minutes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the long hand points to the numeral eight. Ascertain the number of minutes elapsed since the hour. Exam question 2 of lesson 101 «Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Reading the clock: hours, minutes and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is given that the long hand points to the numeral eight. Ascertain the number of minutes elapsed since the hour.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** long hand, you · **What happens:** give, point, ascertain, elapse · **To what, where:** It, numeral, number, minutes

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 101 «Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands/#e2).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* It is given that the long hand points to the numeral eight.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:e2:1
# text = It is given that the long hand points to the numeral eight.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	numeral	numeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 | **point** | present | the long hand |  | the numeral |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to numeral=Recipient |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Ascertain the number of minutes elapsed since the hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:e2:2
# text = Ascertain the number of minutes elapsed since the hour.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	elapsed	elapse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	since	since	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of minutes |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **elapse** | participle |  | minutes *not said here* |  |  | hour |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Forty minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:e2:o1:1
# text = Forty minutes
1	Forty	forty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Eight minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:e2:o2:1
# text = Eight minutes
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twenty minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:e2:o3:1
# text = Twenty minutes
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Forty-eight minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:e2:o4:1
# text = Forty-eight minutes
1	Forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Reading the clock: hours, minutes and…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands/e1/)
- next →: [Reading the clock: hours, minutes and…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands/)