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title: Mateo rolls in at 9:50 for a twenty-to-ten kick-off, saying, "Howay… — Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mateo rolls in at 9:50 for a twenty-to-ten kick-off, saying, "Howay man, I'm early!" Is he? Test 7 · ★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★ · Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time

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Mateo rolls in at 9:50 for a twenty-to-ten kick-off, saying, "Howay man, I'm early!" Is he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mateo · **What happens:** roll in, say, be · **To what, where:** 9:50, Howay man, Mateo · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mateo rolls in at 9:50 for a twenty-to-ten kick-off, saying, "Howay man, I'm early!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t7:1
# text = Mateo rolls in at 9:50 for a twenty-to-ten kick-off, saying, "Howay man, I'm early!"
1	Mateo	Mateo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	9:50	9:50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
8	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
13	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	Howay	Howay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll in** | present | Mateo |  |  | 9:50 |  | for a twenty ten kick off | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 9:50=Trajectory |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | Mateo *not said here* | Howay man |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent man=Topic |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mateo |  |  |  |  | early *property* | 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:* Is he?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t7:2
# text = Is he?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Mateo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, kick-off was at 9:40, so he's 10 minutes late

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t7:o1:1
# text = No, kick-off was at 9:40, so he's 10 minutes late
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	9:40	9:40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
15	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | kick off |  |  | 9:40 and 10 minutes |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | 10 minutes |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, but only by 1 minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t7:o2:1
# text = No, but only by 1 minute
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, by exactly 10 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, by exactly 10 minutes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, kick-off is at 10:20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, kick-off is at 10:20
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	10:20	10:20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | kick and off |  |  | 10:20 |  |  | tree rules |

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