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description: It is given that a microwave display reads 1:30. Ascertain the duration thereby indicated. Exam question 2 of lesson 105 «Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 2 · Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is

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It is given that a microwave display reads 1:30. Ascertain the duration thereby indicated.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** microwave display, you · **What happens:** give, read, ascertain, indicate · **To what, where:** It, 1:30, duration

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 105 «Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is» 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/105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a microwave display reads 1:30.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:e2:1
# text = It is given that a microwave display reads 1:30.
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	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	microwave	microwave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	1:30	1:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | **read** | present | a microwave display | 1:30 |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 1:30=Topic |

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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:* Ascertain the duration thereby indicated.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:e2:2
# text = Ascertain the duration thereby indicated.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	indicated	indicate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the duration |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic |
| 2 | **indicate** | participle |  | the duration *not said here* |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One hundred and thirty seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:e2:o1:1
# text = One hundred and thirty seconds
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	seconds	second	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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Thirteen minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:e2:o2:1
# text = Thirteen minutes
1	Thirteen	thirteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	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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One minute and thirty seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:e2:o3:1
# text = One minute and thirty seconds
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One hour and thirty minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:105-alarms-stopwatches-how-long-a-second-is:e2:o4:1
# text = One hour and thirty minutes
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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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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