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description: It is given that a train departs at 09:05 and arrives at 09:28. Determine the duration of the journey. Exam question 1 of lesson 104 «Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 1 · Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day

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It is given that a train departs at 09:05 and arrives at 09:28. Determine the duration of the journey.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** train, you · **What happens:** give, depart, arrive, determine · **To what, where:** It, 09:05, 09:28, duration

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 104 «Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a train departs at 09:05 and arrives at 09:28.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:e1:1
# text = It is given that a train departs at 09:05 and arrives at 09:28.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	departs	depart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	09:05	09:05	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	arrives	arrive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	09:28	09:28	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **depart** | present | a train |  |  | 09:05 |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **arrive** | present | a train *not said here* |  |  | 09:28 |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Determine the duration of the journey.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:e1:2
# text = Determine the duration of the journey.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the duration of the journey |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Thirty-three minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:e1:o1:1
# text = Thirty-three minutes
1	Thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twenty-eight minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:e1:o2:1
# text = Twenty-eight minutes
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Twenty-three minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:e1:o3:1
# text = Twenty-three minutes
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:104-timetables-buses-trains-school-day:e1:o4:1
# text = One hour
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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