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title: Rhys's mate, Gen Z and salty (annoyed): "Bus said 07:52, I said eigh… — Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock · tree and pragmatics
description: Rhys's mate, Gen Z and salty (annoyed): "Bus said 07:52, I said eight-ish, it was gone." What lesson is there? Test 8 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; Mov
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# Test 8 · Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock

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Rhys's mate, Gen Z and salty (annoyed): "Bus said 07:52, I said eight-ish, it was gone." What lesson is there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bus, I · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** 07:52, eight ish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Rhys's mate, Gen Z and salty (annoyed): "Bus said 07:52, I said eight-ish, it was gone."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t8:1
# text = Rhys's mate, Gen Z and salty (annoyed): "Bus said 07:52, I said eight-ish, it was gone."
1	Rhys	Rhys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	Gen	gen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
16	07:52	07:52	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
20	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	ish	ish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Bus | 07:52 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 07:52=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I | eight ish |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ish=Topic |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Bus |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

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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 lesson is there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t8:2
# text = What lesson is there?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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07:52 is the same as 8:00 on timetables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t8:o1:1
# text = 07:52 is the same as 8:00 on timetables
1	07:52	07:52	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	8:00	8:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	timetables	timetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | 07:52 |  |  | timetables |  | as 8:00; same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Buses always leave late, so round up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t8:o2:1
# text = Buses always leave late, so round up
1	Buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | Buses |  |  |  |  | always, late, round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Round bus times earlier, never later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t8:o3:1
# text = Round bus times earlier, never later
1	Round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Timetables are never exact to the minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t8:o4:1
# text = Timetables are never exact to the minute
1	Timetables	timetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Timetables |  |  |  | minute | exact *property* | tree rules |

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