--- title: Chloe goes, "Quarter to seven? Easy, that's quarter past, so 7:15."… — Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop… · tree and pragmatics description: Chloe goes, "Quarter to seven? Easy, that's quarter past, so 7:15." What's the right answer? 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What's the right answer? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Chloe, that, right answer · **What happens:** go, be · **To what, where:** Quarter, quarter past This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 102 «Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time» 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/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Chloe goes, "Quarter to seven? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t1:1 # text = Chloe goes, "Quarter to seven? 1 Chloe Chloe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Chloe | Quarter to seven | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* Easy, that's quarter past, so 7:15." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t1:2 # text = Easy, that's quarter past, so 7:15." 1 Easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 7:15 7:15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that | quarter past | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What's the right answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t1:3 # text = What's the right answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the right answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 6:45, because "to" means before seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t1:o1:1 # text = 6:45, because "to" means before seven 1 6:45 6:45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 to to PART TO _ 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | 6:45 | | | | before seven | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} 7:15, because quarter always means after ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t1:o2:1 # text = 7:15, because quarter always means after 1 7:15 7:15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | quarter | | | | | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} 6:15, because quarter to means a quarter of six ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t1:o3:1 # text = 6:15, because quarter to means a quarter of six 1 6:15 6:15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | quarter | a quarter of six | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarter=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} 7:45, because "to" means three quarters ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t1:o4:1 # text = 7:45, because "to" means three quarters 1 7:45 7:45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 to to PART TO _ 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | 7:45 | three quarters | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarter=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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