--- title: Dev says "three quarters past seven" and the class laughs. Is he wro… — Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop… · tree and pragmatics description: Dev says "three quarters past seven" and the class laughs. Is he wrong about the time? 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Is he wrong about the time? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dev, class · **What happens:** say, laugh, be · **To what, where:** three quarters · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dev says "three quarters past seven" and the class laughs. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t8:1 # text = Dev says "three quarters past seven" and the class laughs. 1 Dev Dev PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 past past ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dev | three quarters | | | | past seven | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent quarter=Topic | | 2 | **laugh** | present | the class | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Is he wrong about the time? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t8:2 # text = Is he wrong about the time? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | class | | | | time | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, it is 7:45, just said in an unusual way ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t8:o1:1 # text = No, it is 7:45, just said in an unusual way 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 7:45 7:45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 unusual unusual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | 7:45 | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | a unusual way | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in way=Manner | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, three quarters past seven is 7:34 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t8:o2:1 # text = Yes, three quarters past seven is 7:34 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 past past ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 7:34 7:34 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | 7:34 | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it is 8:45 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t8:o3:1 # text = Yes, it is 8:45 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 8:45 8:45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | 8:45 | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it is 7:15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time:t8:o4:1 # text = Yes, it is 7:15 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 7:15 7:15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | 7:15 | | | | | tree rules | **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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