Test 2 · ★★ · Telling the time Mia shrugs, "Wee word, wee mistake." ("Wee" means small.) Why does une heure need une?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, Wee, heure · What happens: shrug, mean, need · To what, where: Wee word, une
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Mia shrugs, "Wee word, wee mistake."
nsubj punct punct amod obj punct amod appos punct punct root Mia PROPN shrugs VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Wee ADJ word NOUN , PUNCT wee ADJ mistake NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 2 shrugs nsubj 2 shrugs shrug VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 word punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 word punct 5 Wee wee ADJ Degree=Pos 6 word amod 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing 2 shrugs obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 mistake punct 8 wee wee ADJ Degree=Pos 9 mistake amod 9 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 6 word appos 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 mistake punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 mistake punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shrug present Mia Wee word vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
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: ("Wee" means small.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Wee NOUN " PUNCT means VERB small ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wee punct 3 Wee wee NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wee punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Wee small property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Why does une heure need une?
advmod aux det nsubj obj punct root Why ADV does AUX une DET heure NOUN need VERB une NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 need advmod 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 need aux 3 une une DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 heure det 4 heure heure NOUN Number=Sing 5 need nsubj 5 need need VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 une une NOUN Number=Sing 5 need obj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 need punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present · do-support une heure une vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot une=Theme
The options Option 1 une means "o'clock"
nsubj punct obj punct root une X means VERB " PUNCT o'clock NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 une une X _ 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 o'clock punct 4 o'clock o'clock NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 o'clock punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present une o'clock vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent o'clock=Topic
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer heure is a feminine word
nsubj cop det amod root heure NOUN is AUX a DET feminine ADJ word NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 heure heure NOUN Number=Sing 5 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 word cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 word det 4 feminine feminine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 word amod 5 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present heure a feminine word tree rules
Option 3 heure is a word for girls only
nsubj cop det case nmod advmod root heure NOUN is AUX a DET word NOUN for ADP girls NOUN only ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 heure heure NOUN Number=Sing 4 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 word cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 word det 4 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 for for ADP _ 6 girls case 6 girls girl NOUN Number=Plur 4 word nmod 7 only only ADV _ 6 girls advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present heure a word for girls tree rules
Option 4 une is used for times before noon
nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl case obl root une NOUN is AUX used VERB for ADP times NOUN before ADP noon NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 une une NOUN Number=Sing 3 used nsubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 used aux:pass 3 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 for for ADP _ 5 times case 5 times time NOUN Number=Plur 3 used obl 6 before before ADP _ 7 noon case 7 noon noon NOUN Number=Sing 3 used obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use present · passive une noon; time vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
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