--- title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the American ex… — Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the American expression "quarter of five"? Exam question 4 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 question and of ea --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time Which of the following most accurately characterises the American expression "quarter of five"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** American expression This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e4:1 # text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the American expression "quarter of five"? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the American expression | | | | accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} One quarter of five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e4:o1:1 # text = One quarter of five minutes 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Five minutes after a quarter past the hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e4:o2:1 # text = Five minutes after a quarter past the hour 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 past past ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Fifteen minutes before five o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e4:o3:1 # text = Fifteen minutes before five o'clock 1 Fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Fifteen minutes after five o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:e4:o4:1 # text = Fifteen minutes after five o'clock 1 Fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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