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title: Isla laughs, "Your oven thinks it's morning, Nan!" when it shows AM… — Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock · tree and pragmatics
description: Isla laughs, "Your oven thinks it's morning, Nan!" when it shows AM at 11 at night. What probably happened? Test 7 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
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# Test 7 · Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock

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Isla laughs, "Your oven thinks it's morning, Nan!" when it shows AM at 11 at night. What probably happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Isla, oven · **What happens:** laugh, think, be, show am, happen · **To what, where:** morning, 11

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Isla laughs, "Your oven thinks it's morning, Nan!" when it shows AM at 11 at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t7:1
# text = Isla laughs, "Your oven thinks it's morning, Nan!" when it shows AM at 11 at night.
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
18	AM	am	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	11	11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	obl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Isla |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Your oven |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | oven | morning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **show am** | present | oven |  |  | 11 | night |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 probably happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t7:2
# text = What probably happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The oven only shows morning times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t7:o1:1
# text = The oven only shows morning times
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the oven |  |  |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ovens always show the time in another country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t7:o2:1
# text = Ovens always show the time in another country
1	Ovens	oven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Ovens |  |  | another country | time | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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After a power cut it was reset with the wrong am or pm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t7:o3:1
# text = After a power cut it was reset with the wrong am or pm
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	reset	reset	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	am	a.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past |  |  |  |  | after a power |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reset** | past · passive |  | power |  |  |  | with the wrong am or pm | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The oven runs 12 hours fast every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t7:o4:1
# text = The oven runs 12 hours fast every day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | the oven |  |  |  | day; hour | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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