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description: Given that British Summer Time is in force, ascertain the time indicated by a watch when a sundial indicates one o'clock in the afternoon. Exam question 3 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 3 · Day and night, shadows and sundials

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Given that British Summer Time is in force, ascertain the time indicated by a watch when a sundial indicates one o'clock in the afternoon.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, British Summer Time, sundial · **What happens:** give, be, ascertain, indicate · **To what, where:** force, time, one o'clock

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» 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/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:e3:1
# text = Given that British Summer Time is in force, ascertain the time indicated by a watch when a sundial indicates one o'clock in the afternoon.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	Summer	Summer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Time	Time	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	indicated	indicate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	20	mark	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sundial	sundial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
21	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | British Summer Time |  |  | force |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **indicate** | participle |  | the time *not said here* |  |  |  | by a watch | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **indicate** | present | a sundial | one o'clock |  |  | afternoon |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot o'clock=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One o'clock in the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:e3:o1:1
# text = One o'clock in the afternoon
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Two o'clock in the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:e3:o2:1
# text = Two o'clock in the afternoon
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Three o'clock in the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:e3:o3:1
# text = Three o'clock in the afternoon
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Twelve o'clock noon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:e3:o4:1
# text = Twelve o'clock noon
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	noon	noon	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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