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title: Ella fumes, "Stupid phone rang at 7 at night!" Her sister says, "You… — Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella fumes, "Stupid phone rang at 7 at night!" Her sister says, "You picked pm, ya numpty." What did Ella do wrong? Test 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
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# Test 1 · Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock

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Ella fumes, "Stupid phone rang at 7 at night!" Her sister says, "You picked pm, ya numpty." What did Ella do wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella fumes, sister, You, Ella · **What happens:** ring, say, pick, do · **To what, where:** 7, pm · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 103 «Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock» 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/103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella fumes, "Stupid phone rang at 7 at night!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t1:1
# text = Ella fumes, "Stupid phone rang at 7 at night!"
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fumes	fume	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** *in a quote* | past | Ella fumes |  |  | 7 | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 7=Location |

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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:* Her sister says, "You picked pm, ya numpty."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t1:2
# text = Her sister says, "You picked pm, ya numpty."
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
10	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	vocative	_	_
11	numpty	numpty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | phone's sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pick** *in a quote* | past | You | pm |  |  |  | ya *vocative*; numpty *vocative* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent p.m.=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What did Ella do wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t1:3
# text = What did Ella do wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Ella |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She set the alarm on the wrong day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t1:o1:1
# text = She set the alarm on the wrong day
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | She | the alarm |  |  | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient alarm=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She set 17:00 instead of 07:00

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t1:o2:1
# text = She set 17:00 instead of 07:00
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	17:00	17:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	07:00	07:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | She | 17:00 |  |  |  | instead 07:00 | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient 17:00=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The phone was broken, not her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t1:o3:1
# text = The phone was broken, not her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past · passive |  | the phone |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient her=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She set pm, after midday, instead of am

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t1:o4:1
# text = She set pm, after midday, instead of am
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	am	a.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | She | pm |  |  | after midday |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient p.m.=Result |

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