Test 1 · ★★ · Telling the time
Noah asks, "Three hours of what?" What's the truth about Il est trois heures?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Noah, truth · What happens: ask, be
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Telling the time» of the French 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Noah asks, "Three hours of what?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hours | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 hours | punct |
| 5 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 hours | nummod |
| 6 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 asks | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 what | case |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 hours | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Noah | hour | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: What's the truth about Il est trois heures?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 heures | case |
| 6 | Il | Il | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 heures | compound |
| 7 | est | EST | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Il | flat |
| 8 | trois | troi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 heures | compound |
| 9 | heures | heure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 truth | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth about Il trois heures | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It means it is three in the morning only
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 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 three | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 three | cop |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 means | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 morning | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 morning | det |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 three | nmod |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 morning | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | three | morning | tree rules |
Option 2
It means the class has been on for three hours
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 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 class | det |
| 4 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 hours | aux |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 hours | cop |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 hours | case |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 hours | case |
| 9 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 hours | nummod |
| 10 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 class | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | the class | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present · perfect | the class not said here | on three hours | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
heures here means o'clock: it is three o'clock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heures | heure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 means | nsubj |
| 2 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 heures | advmod |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | o'clock | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | obj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 o'clock | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 o'clock | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 o'clock | cop |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 o'clock | nummod |
| 9 | o'clock | o'clock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | heures | o'clock | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent o'clock=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | o'clock | three o'clock | tree rules |
Option 4
It means you must wait three hours
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 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 wait | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 wait | aux |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 hours | nummod |
| 7 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wait | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wait | must | you | hour | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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