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title: Finn reads 06:05 as "six oh five". His mum says, "Five past six, yea… — Reading the clock: hours, minutes and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Finn reads 06:05 as "six oh five". His mum says, "Five past six, yeah." Who is right? Test 9 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 9 · Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands

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Finn reads 06:05 as "six oh five". His mum says, "Five past six, yeah." Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Finn, mum · **What happens:** read, say, be · **To what, where:** 06:05 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Finn reads 06:05 as "six oh five".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t9:1
# text = Finn reads 06:05 as "six oh five".
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	06:05	06:05	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
7	oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Finn | 06:05 |  |  |  | as six | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer 06:05=Stimulus as six=Attribute |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* His mum says, "Five past six, yeah."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t9:2
# text = His mum says, "Five past six, yeah."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	ccomp	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Finn's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t9:3
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only Mum; "six oh five" is wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t9:o1:1
# text = Only Mum; "six oh five" is wrong
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
6	oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Both of them; it is the same time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t9:o2:1
# text = Both of them; it is the same time
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Both | the same time |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only Finn; five past six is 5:06

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t9:o3:1
# text = Only Finn; five past six is 5:06
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	compound	_	_
5	past	past	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	5:06	5:06	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | five 5:06 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Neither; the time is five to six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands:t9:o4:1
# text = Neither; the time is five to six
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	six	six	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 | the time | five |  |  |  | to six; neither *property* | tree rules |

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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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