Reading a Community Notice with a Conditional Deadline
You read a short Armenian notice from a cultural association. It states that applications for a youth music scholarship close on 15 March, but adds: "Dimumnerы, vor stacvec 15 martiс heto, kqnnarkven miayn ayn depkum, erb tvyalnery trvum en ayd orvan naxkin 12 zhamy" (applications received after 15 March will be considered only if the details are submitted before 12 noon on that day). A friend tells you the deadline is "just 15 March, anytime." The notice also says the scholarship covers "usumnakan varchы" (tuition fee) but not travel. You must answer questions about eligibility and what is funded.
1. A student submits an application at 3 p.m. on 15 March. Based on the notice, is it eligible? Explain your reasoning.
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The notice has a conditional exception: applications after 15 March are considered only if details are submitted before 12 noon on that day. A 3 p.m. submission is after 15 March (the closing date) and also after the 12 noon cutoff, so it does not meet the exception.
Therefore the application is not eligible under the stated rules. The friend's summary ("just 15 March, anytime") is wrong because it drops the noon condition.
Key principle: read conditions as conjunctions - both parts must hold. A deadline with an exception is not a simple deadline.
2. The student is awarded the scholarship and asks whether a bus pass is covered. What does the notice support?
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The notice says the scholarship covers the tuition fee ("usumnakan varchы") and explicitly excludes travel. A bus pass is a travel cost, so it is not covered.
The answer must rest on the stated scope, not on assumptions about what scholarships usually include. The notice draws a clear boundary: tuition yes, travel no.
Key principle: answer within the stated scope of the document. Do not generalize from typical practice when the text gives an explicit limit.