--- title: Daniel says, "Aujourd'hui is so long it's tamping." ("Tamping" means… — Days of the week and months · tree and pragmatics description: Daniel says, "Aujourd'hui is so long it's tamping." ("Tamping" means fuming.) What did aujourd'hui once mean word for word? 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What did aujourd'hui once mean word for word? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Daniel, Aujourd'hui, Tamping · **What happens:** say, be, mean, fume, do · **To what, where:** tamping, mean word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/10-days-of-the-week-and-months/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Daniel says, "Aujourd'hui is so long it's tamping." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t9:1 # text = Daniel says, "Aujourd'hui is so long it's tamping." 1 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 tamping tamping NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Daniel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Aujourd'hui | tamping | | | | long *property* | tree rules | 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:* ("Tamping" means fuming.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t9:2 # text = ("Tamping" means fuming.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Tamping tamping NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 fuming fume VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Tamping | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fume** *not said to happen* | gerund | Tamping *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | *Sentence 3:* What did aujourd'hui once mean word for word? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t9:3 # text = What did aujourd'hui once mean word for word? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 aujourd'hui aujourd'hui ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 5 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | mean word | | | | for word; aujourd'hui *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} on the day of today ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t9:o1:1 # text = on the day of today 1 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the day after ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t9:o2:1 # text = the day after 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} all of the day ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t9:o3:1 # text = all of the day 1 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} today is a good day ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t9:o4:1 # text = today is a good day 1 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | today | a good day | | | | | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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