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title: Jake, from Birmingham: "Two minute hands on one clock, what's the po… — Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jake, from Birmingham: "Two minute hands on one clock, what's the point, bab?" ("Bab" means love or mate.) Why do they make sense? Test 5 · ★ 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 pra
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# Test 5 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p…

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Jake, from Birmingham: "Two minute hands on one clock, what's the point, bab?" ("Bab" means love or mate.) Why do they make sense?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two minute hands, Bab, love · **What happens:** be, mean, make · **To what, where:** point, love, sense

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jake, from Birmingham: "Two minute hands on one clock, what's the point, bab?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t5:1
# text = Jake, from Birmingham: "Two minute hands on one clock, what's the point, bab?"
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Birmingham	Birmingham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	bab	bab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Two minute hands on one clock and the point and bab | the point |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("Bab" means love or mate.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t5:2
# text = ("Bab" means love or mate.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bab	bab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Bab | love or mate |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Why do they make sense?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t5:3
# text = Why do they make sense?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · do-support | love | sense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One hand is for the left eye, one for the right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t5:o1:1
# text = One hand is for the left eye, one for the right
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	appos	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | One hand |  |  |  |  | for the left eye | tree rules |

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

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Before railways, each town kept its own Sun time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t5:o2:1
# text = Before railways, each town kept its own Sun time
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	railways	railway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	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 | **keep** | past | each town |  |  | railways | time |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent before railway=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bristol has two different hours in every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t5:o3:1
# text = Bristol has two different hours in every day
1	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Bristol |  |  |  | day; hour |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The clockmaker simply made a mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:123-pendulums-greenwich-atomic-clocks:t5:o4:1
# text = The clockmaker simply made a mistake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clockmaker	clockmaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the clockmaker | a mistake |  |  |  | simply *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |

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