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title: Noah asks, "Are there 15 o'clocks now?" at a timetable showing 15:30… — Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah asks, "Are there 15 o'clocks now?" at a timetable showing 15:30. What is the best answer? Test 2 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 choice was w
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# Test 2 · Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock

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Noah asks, "Are there 15 o'clocks now?" at a timetable showing 15:30. What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Noah, timetable, best answer · **What happens:** ask, be, show · **To what, where:** timetable, 15:30 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah asks, "Are there 15 o'clocks now?" at a timetable showing 15:30.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t2:1
# text = Noah asks, "Are there 15 o'clocks now?" at a timetable showing 15:30.
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	ccomp	_	_
7	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	o'clocks	o'clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	timetable	timetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
15	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	15:30	15:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Noah |  |  | a timetable |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  | now | 15 o'clocks *obl:unmarked*; there *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** | gerund | a timetable *not said here* | 15:30 |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 15:30=Recipient |

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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:* What is the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t2:2
# text = What is the best answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, 15:30 means 15 minutes past 3 in the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t2:o1:1
# text = No, 15:30 means 15 minutes past 3 in the morning
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	15:30	15:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | 15:30 |  |  |  | minute |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, and it means half past five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, and it means half past five
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	advmod	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it | five |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Yes, on the 24-hour clock; it is 3:30 pm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, on the 24-hour clock; it is 3:30 pm
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	3:30	3:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	appos	_	_
13	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | clock | 3:30 |  |  |  | pm *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, 15:30 is a typing mistake for 1:30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t2:o4:1
# text = No, 15:30 is a typing mistake for 1:30
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	15:30	15:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	typing	typing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1:30	1:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | 15:30 | a typing mistake |  |  |  | for 1:30 | tree rules |

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