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title: Grandad: "The pips! Six beeps, set your watch on the first one." Fix… — Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad: "The pips! Six beeps, set your watch on the first one." Fix his mistake. Test 12 · ★ 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; Mova
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# Test 12 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p…

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Grandad: "The pips! Six beeps, set your watch on the first one." Fix his mistake.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Six beeps, you, Grandad · **What happens:** set, fix, mistake · **To what, where:** watch, mistake

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad: "The pips!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t12:1
# text = Grandad: "The pips!
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pips	pip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Six beeps, set your watch on the first one."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t12:2
# text = Six beeps, set your watch on the first one."
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	beeps	beep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | infinitive | Six beeps | your watch |  |  |  | on the first one | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme on one=Destination |

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*Sentence 3:* Fix his mistake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t12:3
# text = Fix his mistake.
1	Fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | Grandad's mistake |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |
| 2 | **mistake** |  | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The pips have nothing to do with the hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t12:o1:1
# text = The pips have nothing to do with the hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pips	pip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the pips | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the pips *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  | hour |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The first pip marks the start of the hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t12:o2:1
# text = The first pip marks the start of the hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	pip	pip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | the first pip | the start of the hour |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent start=Destination |
| 2 | **start** |  |  | the hour |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The last pip marks the exact start of the hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t12:o3:1
# text = The last pip marks the exact start of the hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pip	pip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	marks	mark	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	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | the last pip | the exact start of the hour |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent start=Destination |
| 2 | **start** |  |  | the hour |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The third pip marks the start of the hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t12:o4:1
# text = The third pip marks the start of the hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	pip	pip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | the third pip | the start of the hour |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent start=Destination |
| 2 | **start** |  |  | the hour |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

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