--- title: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts co… — Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the German expression "halb drei". Exam question 3 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 the qu --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the German expression "halb drei". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, German expression This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e3:1 # text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the German expression "halb drei". 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 German German ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 halb halb NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 drei drei NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the response | | | | | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the German expression | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=Experiencer | 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 {#o1} It denotes three o'clock precisely ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e3:o1:1 # text = It denotes three o'clock precisely 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 precisely precisely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | three o'clock | | | | precisely *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot o'clock=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} It denotes half past three ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e3:o2:1 # text = It denotes half past three 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 2 advmod _ _ 4 past past ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | | | | | past three; half *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It denotes half past two ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e3:o3:1 # text = It denotes half past two 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 2 advmod _ _ 4 past past ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | | | | | past two; half *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 4 {#o4} It denotes a quarter past three ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e3:o4:1 # text = It denotes a quarter past three 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 flat _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | a quarter past | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot past=Topic | **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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