--- title: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts co… — Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the abbreviation "pm". Exam question 4 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' --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the abbreviation "pm". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, abbreviation This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e4:1 # text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the abbreviation "pm". 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 abbreviation abbreviation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the response | | | | | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the abbreviation | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus abbreviation=Experiencer | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It denotes midnight exclusively ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e4:o1:1 # text = It denotes midnight exclusively 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 exclusively exclusively ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | | | | midnight | exclusively *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It denotes a time after midday ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e4:o2:1 # text = It denotes a time after midday 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | | | | after midday; time | | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 {#o3} It denotes the twenty-four-hour clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e4:o3:1 # text = It denotes the twenty-four-hour clock 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 4 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | the hour clock | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot clock=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} It denotes a time before midday ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:e4:o4:1 # text = It denotes a time before midday 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | | | | before midday; time | | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | **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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