Exam question 4 · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★
It is given that a train departs at 14h05 and arrives at 16h50. Determine the duration of the journey.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: train, you · What happens: give, depart, arrive, determine · To what, where: It, 14h05, 16h50, duration
This is exam question 4 of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a train departs at 14h05 and arrives at 16h50.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 departs | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 train | det |
| 6 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 departs | nsubj |
| 7 | departs | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 14h05 | case |
| 9 | 14h05 | 14h05 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 departs | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 arrives | cc |
| 11 | arrives | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 departs | conj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 16h50 | case |
| 13 | 16h50 | 16h50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 arrives | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | depart | present | a train | 14h05 | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | arrive | present | a train not said here | 16h50 | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Determine the duration of the journey.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 duration | det |
| 3 | duration | duration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 journey | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 journey | det |
| 6 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 duration | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the duration of the journey | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Two hours and forty-five minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hours | nummod |
| 2 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 minutes | cc |
| 4 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 five | punct |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 forty | conj |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hours | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
One hour and forty-five minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hour | nummod |
| 2 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 minutes | cc |
| 4 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 five | punct |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 forty | conj |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hour | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Three hours and forty-five minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hours | nummod |
| 2 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 minutes | cc |
| 4 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 five | punct |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 forty | conj |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hours | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Two hours and fifty-five minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hours | nummod |
| 2 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 minutes | cc |
| 4 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 five | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 fifty | punct |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hours | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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