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title: Freya at Salisbury: "No face, no hands? Proper useless, that." Why w… — Clocks before clocks: sundials, water… · tree and pragmatics
description: Freya at Salisbury: "No face, no hands? Proper useless, that." Why was it still useful? Test 10 of lesson 122 «Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and hourglasses» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 10 · Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and…

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Freya at Salisbury: "No face, no hands? Proper useless, that." Why was it still useful?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 of lesson 122 «Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and hourglasses» 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/122-clocks-before-clocks/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Freya at Salisbury: "No face, no hands?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t10:1
# text = Freya at Salisbury: "No face, no hands?
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Salisbury	Salisbury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Proper useless, that."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t10:2
# text = Proper useless, that."
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why was it still useful?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t10:3
# text = Why was it still useful?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  | still | useful *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It was never meant to tell the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t10:o1:1
# text = It was never meant to tell the time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mean** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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It struck a bell for each hour, which anyone could count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t10:o2:1
# text = It struck a bell for each hour, which anyone could count
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | It | a bell |  |  | hour |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Patient |
| 2 | **count** | could | each hour |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It showed the time by the colour of the bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t10:o3:1
# text = It showed the time by the colour of the bell
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | It |  |  |  | time | by the colour of the bell | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was only ever used by the few people who could read and write

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t10:o4:1
# text = It was only ever used by the few people who could read and write
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · passive | the few people | It |  |  | ever |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **read** | could | the few people |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **write** | infinitive | the few people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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