--- title: It is given that an appointment is fixed for "quarter to seven". Asc… — Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that an appointment is fixed for "quarter to seven". Ascertain the corresponding time in digital notation. Exam question 2 of lesson 102 «Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/e2/) [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/) / [Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time It is given that an appointment is fixed for "quarter to seven". Ascertain the corresponding time in digital notation. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, fix, ascertain, correspond · **To what, where:** It, appointment, digital notation This is exam question 2 of lesson 102 «Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time» 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/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that an appointment is fixed for "quarter to seven". ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e2:1 # text = It is given that an appointment is fixed for "quarter to seven". 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 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 appointment appointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **fix** | present · passive | | a appointment | | | | for quarter to seven | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for quarter=Beneficiary | 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:* Ascertain the corresponding time in digital notation. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e2:2 # text = Ascertain the corresponding time in digital notation. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 corresponding correspond VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 digital digital ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 notation notation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | digital notation | time | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **correspond** | gerund | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 7:15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e2:o1:1 # text = 7:15 1 7:15 7:15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 7:45 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e2:o2:1 # 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. ### Option 3 {#o3} 6:15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e2:o3:1 # text = 6:15 1 6:15 6:15 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} 6:45 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e2:o4:1 # text = 6:45 1 6:45 6:45 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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