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Exam question 3 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/129-being-on-time-around-the-world/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Being on time around the world, waitin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/129-being-on-time-around-the-world/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and dead… A task requiring three hours is commenced at eight o'clock in the evening. Ascertain the hour of its completion. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** task, you · **What happens:** require, commence, ascertain, complete · **To what, where:** task, eight o'clock This is exam question 3 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/129-being-on-time-around-the-world/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A task requiring three hours is commenced at eight o'clock in the evening. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e3:1 # text = A task requiring three hours is commenced at eight o'clock in the evening. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 requiring require VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 commenced commence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | gerund | a task *not said here* | | | | hour | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **commence** | present · passive | | a task | | eight o'clock | evening | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the hour of its completion. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e3:2 # text = Ascertain the hour of its completion. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 completion completion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | hour | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **complete** | | task | | | | | | nom completion «act transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nine o'clock in the evening ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e3:o1:1 # text = Nine o'clock in the evening 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Midnight ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e3:o2:1 # text = Midnight 1 Midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Eleven o'clock in the evening ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e3:o3:1 # text = Eleven o'clock in the evening 1 Eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ten o'clock in the evening ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:e3:o4:1 # text = Ten o'clock in the evening 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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