--- title: It is given that school commences at 8:45 and that the journey there… — Late and early: being where you need t… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that school commences at 8:45 and that the journey thereto requires twenty minutes. Determine the latest permissible time of departure. 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Determine the latest permissible time of departure. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, journey, you · **What happens:** give, commence, require, determine · **To what, where:** It, 8:45 This is exam question 1 of lesson 106 «Late and early: being where you need to be on time» 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/106-late-and-early-being-on-time/#e1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that school commences at 8:45 and that the journey thereto requires twenty minutes. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e1:1 # text = It is given that school commences at 8:45 and that the journey thereto requires twenty minutes. 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 PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 commences commence VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 8:45 8:45 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 thereto thereto ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **commence** | present | that | | | 8:45 | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **require** | present | the journey | | | | minute | thereto *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the latest permissible time of departure. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e1:2 # text = Determine the latest permissible time of departure. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 latest late ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 4 permissible permissible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | time | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 8:40 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e1:o1:1 # text = 8:40 1 8:40 8:40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 8:05 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e1:o2:1 # text = 8:05 1 8:05 8:05 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 9:05 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e1:o3:1 # text = 9:05 1 9:05 9:05 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 8:25 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:106-late-and-early-being-on-time:e1:o4:1 # text = 8:25 1 8:25 8:25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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