Exam question 3 · Telling the time

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the notation 14h30 upon a French timetable.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, notation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Telling the time» of the French 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 notation	det
11	notation	notation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	14h30	14h30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 notation	flat
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 timetable	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 timetable	det
15	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 timetable	amod
16	timetable	timetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the notation	upon a French timetable	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus notation=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1

It denotes fourteen minutes past three in the afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 minutes	nummod
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obj
5	past	past	ADP	_	6 three	case
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 denotes	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 afternoon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 afternoon	det
9	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It				afternoon; minute	past three	vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It denotes half past two in the afternoon, upon the twenty-four-hour system

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 denotes	advmod
4	past	past	ADP	_	5 two	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 denotes	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 afternoon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 afternoon	det
8	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 system	punct
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 system	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 system	det
12	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 hour	nummod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 twenty	punct
14	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 twenty	conj
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 twenty	punct
16	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 system	compound
17	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It				afternoon	past two; half property	vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

It denotes half past four in the morning, upon the twelve-hour system

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 denotes	advmod
4	past	past	ADP	_	5 four	case
5	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 denotes	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 morning	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 system	punct
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 system	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 system	det
12	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 hour	nummod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 twelve	punct
14	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 system	compound
15	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It				morning	past four; half property	vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

It denotes a duration of fourteen hours and thirty minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 duration	det
4	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hours	case
6	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 hours	nummod
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 duration	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 minutes	cc
9	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 minutes	nummod
10	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hours	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a duration of fourteen hours and thirty minutes					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot duration=Topic

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