--- title: It is given that a train departs at 15:30. Ascertain the equivalent… — Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a train departs at 15:30. Ascertain the equivalent time upon a twelve-hour clock. Exam question 1 of lesson 103 «Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock/e1/) [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/) / [Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock It is given that a train departs at 15:30. Ascertain the equivalent time upon a twelve-hour clock. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** train, you · **What happens:** give, depart, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, 15:30 This is exam question 1 of lesson 103 «Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock» 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/103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a train departs at 15:30. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e1:1 # text = It is given that a train departs at 15:30. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 departs depart VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 15:30 15:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **depart** | present | a train | | | 15:30 | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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:* Ascertain the equivalent time upon a twelve-hour clock. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e1:2 # text = Ascertain the equivalent time upon a twelve-hour clock. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 equivalent equivalent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | time | upon a hour clock | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} 3:30 pm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e1:o1:1 # text = 3:30 pm 1 3:30 3:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 5:30 pm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e1:o2:1 # text = 5:30 pm 1 5:30 5:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 1:30 pm ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e1:o3:1 # text = 1:30 pm 1 1:30 1:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 3:30 am ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e1:o4:1 # text = 3:30 am 1 3:30 3:30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` 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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