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title: Nan: "We dialled 123 for the speaking clock, love." Mila: "The what?… — Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan: "We dialled 123 for the speaking clock, love." Mila: "The what?" What was it? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 10 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p…

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Nan: "We dialled 123 for the speaking clock, love." Mila: "The what?" What was it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** We · **What happens:** diall, be · **To what, where:** Nan, clock

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» 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/123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan: "We dialled 123 for the speaking clock, love."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t10:1
# text = Nan: "We dialled 123 for the speaking clock, love."
1	Nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dialled	diall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	123	123	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	speaking	speaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **diall** *in a quote* | past | We | Nan |  |  |  | for the speaking clock | 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:* Mila: "The what?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t10:2
# text = Mila: "The what?"
1	Mila	Mila	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What was it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t10:3
# text = What was it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | clock |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A talking alarm clock sold in shops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t10:o1:1
# text = A talking alarm clock sold in shops
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | participle |  | a alarm clock *not said here* |  | shops |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A radio show about old clocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t10:o2:1
# text = A radio show about old clocks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a radio |  |  |  |  | about old clocks | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent about clock=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A clock that answered questions out loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t10:o3:1
# text = A clock that answered questions out loud
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer out** *speech: assert* | past | a clock | questions |  |  |  | loud, out *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A phone number where a voice said the exact time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t10:o4:1
# text = A phone number where a voice said the exact time
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a voice |  |  |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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