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title: Jake's mate laughs, "It's ten PAST, ya muppet, not ten after." Who i… — Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake's mate laughs, "It's ten PAST, ya muppet, not ten after." Who is right? Test 6 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 6 · ★ · Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time

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Jake's mate laughs, "It's ten PAST, ya muppet, not ten after." Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** laugh, be · **To what, where:** ten PAST

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake's mate laughs, "It's ten PAST, ya muppet, not ten after."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t6:1
# text = Jake's mate laughs, "It's ten PAST, ya muppet, not ten after."
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	PAST	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	ya	ya	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	_
13	muppet	muppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	appos	_	_
17	after	after	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Jake's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | mate | ten PAST and muppet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t6:2
# 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}

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Only the mate; "after" is not a real time word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t6:o1:1
# text = Only the mate; "after" is not a real time word
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | the mate | a real time word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither; the time is five to ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t6:o2:1
# text = Neither; the time is five to ten
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	ten	ten	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 ten; neither *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only Jake; "past" is old-fashioned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t6:o3:1
# text = Only Jake; "past" is old-fashioned
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	fashioned	fashioned	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 | Jake |  |  |  |  | fashioned *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Both are right; British say "past", Americans often say "after"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t6:o4:1
# text = Both are right; British say "past", Americans often say "after"
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	say	say	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Americans	American	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Both | right British say |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Americans |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent after=Topic |

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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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