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Test 4 · ★★ · Telling the time

Ava says "sure that's like half and quarter, grand," then writes "deux heures et demi". What's the mistake?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, that, mistake · What happens: say, be, write · To what, where: deux heures · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Ava says "sure that's like half and quarter, grand," then writes "deux heures et demi".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sure	punct
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 half	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 half	cop
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 half	case
8	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	4 sure	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 quarter	cc
10	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 half	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grand	punct
12	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 half	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 half	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sure	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 writes	advmod
16	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 heures	punct
18	deux	deux	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 heures	compound
19	heures	heure	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 writes	obj
20	et	et	CCONJ	_	21 demi	cc
21	demi	demi	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 heures	conj
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 heures	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ava						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	that					like half and quarter	tree rules
3	be in a quote		that not said here						tree rules
4	write	present	Ava not said here	deux heures et demi			then		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heure=Theme

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 mistake?

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 mistake	det
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the mistake						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Half past is et quart, not et demi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 past	compound
2	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quart	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 quart	cop
4	et	et	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 quart	amod
5	quart	quart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 et	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 et	advmod
8	et	et	X	Foreign=Yes	5 quart	appos
9	demi	demi	X	Foreign=Yes	8 et	flat:foreign

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Half past	et quart					tree rules

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

After heures, half is written demie with an e

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	2 heures	case
2	heures	heure	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 written	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 heures	punct
4	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 written	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 written	aux:pass
6	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	demie	demie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 written	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 e	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 e	det
10	e	e	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		half			after heures	with a e	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient demie=Topic

Option 3

There is no mistake at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 mistake	det
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 mistake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no mistake at all			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Demi must always go before heures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Demi	Demi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 go	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 go	advmod
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	before	before	ADP	_	6 heures	case
6	heures	heure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	must	Demi			heures		always property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before heure=Location

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