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title: Mila's dad hears "dix-neuf heures" and says, "Nineteen hours? That's… — Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock · tree and pragmatics
description: Mila's dad hears "dix-neuf heures" and says, "Nineteen hours? That's tomorrow!" What's the right answer? Test 9 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 ch
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# Test 9 · Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock

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Mila's dad hears "dix-neuf heures" and says, "Nineteen hours? That's tomorrow!" What's the right answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, right answer · **What happens:** hear, say, be · **To what, where:** neuf heures, tomorrow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mila's dad hears "dix-neuf heures" and says, "Nineteen hours?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t9:1
# text = Mila's dad hears "dix-neuf heures" and says, "Nineteen hours?
1	Mila	Mila	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dix	dix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	neuf	neuf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	heures	heure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | Mila's dad | neuf heures |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer heure=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mila's dad *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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:* That's tomorrow!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t9:2
# text = That's tomorrow!"
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What's the right answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t9:3
# text = What's the right answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 right answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It means 19:00, 7 pm today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t9:o1:1
# text = It means 19:00, 7 pm today
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	19:00	19:00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | 19:00 |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 19:00=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means 9 am tomorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t9:o2:1
# text = It means 9 am tomorrow
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	am	a.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | 9  am |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 9=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It means 9 pm today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t9:o3:1
# text = It means 9 pm today
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It | 9  pm |  |  | today |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 9=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It means in 19 hours' time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock:t9:o4:1
# text = It means in 19 hours' time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	19	19	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

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