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title: A wee Scottish lad in class: "Big hand's on the 11, wee hand's near… — Reading the clock: hours, minutes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A wee Scottish lad in class: "Big hand's on the 11, wee hand's near the 3. Home time at 3, aye?" How long till home time? Test 8 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 question a
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# Test 8 · Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands

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A wee Scottish lad in class: "Big hand's on the 11, wee hand's near the 3. Home time at 3, aye?" How long till home time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓

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This is test 8 of lesson 101 «Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A wee Scottish lad in class: "Big hand's on the 11, wee hand's near the 3.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t8:1
# text = A wee Scottish lad in class: "Big hand's on the 11, wee hand's near the 3.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	near	near	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Home time at 3, aye?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t8:2
# text = Home time at 3, aye?"
1	Home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	aye	aye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* How long till home time?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t8:3
# text = How long till home time?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	till	till	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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5 minutes; it is five to three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t8:o1:1
# text = 5 minutes; it is five to three
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | five |  |  |  | to three | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
11 minutes; it is 2:49

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t8:o2:1
# text = 11 minutes; it is 2:49
1	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	2:49	2:49	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | 2:49 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hours; it is only eleven o'clock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t8:o3:1
# text = Hours; it is only eleven o'clock
1	Hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | eleven o'clock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
None; it is three o'clock already

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t8:o4:1
# text = None; it is three o'clock already
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	already	already	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | None | three o'clock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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