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title: Mia: "A Greek court with a water clock, that's like debate club, inn… — Clocks before clocks: sundials, water… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia: "A Greek court with a water clock, that's like debate club, innit." What's the same? Test 3 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 opt
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# Test 3 · Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and…

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Mia: "A Greek court with a water clock, that's like debate club, innit." What's the same?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** be

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia: "A Greek court with a water clock, that's like debate club, innit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t3:1
# text = Mia: "A Greek court with a water clock, that's like debate club, innit."
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | like debate club and innit | tree rules |

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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:* What's the same?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t3:2
# text = What's the same?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Each speaker gets a fair, equal amount of time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t3:o1:1
# text = Each speaker gets a fair, equal amount of time
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | each speaker | a fair equal amount of time |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer amount=Stimulus |
| 2 | **amount** |  |  | time |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Each speaker has to drink the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t3:o2:1
# text = Each speaker has to drink the water
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | each speaker |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive | each speaker *not said here* | the water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Speakers may only talk while it is raining outside the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t3:o3:1
# text = Speakers may only talk while it is raining outside the court
1	Speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | may | Speakers |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rain** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  | outside the court | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The loudest speaker gets the most time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:122-clocks-before-clocks:t3:o4:1
# text = The loudest speaker gets the most time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the loudest speaker |  |  |  | time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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