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title: Noah asks, "Three hours of what?" What's the truth about Il est troi… — Telling the time · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah asks, "Three hours of what?" What's the truth about Il est trois heures? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Telling the time» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Telling the time

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Noah asks, "Three hours of what?" What's the truth about Il est trois heures?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Noah, truth · **What happens:** ask, be

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/12-telling-the-time/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah asks, "Three hours of what?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t1:1
# text = Noah asks, "Three hours of what?"
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the truth about Il est trois heures?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t1:2
# text = What's the truth about Il est trois heures?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	Il	Il	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
7	est	EST	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	trois	troi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	heures	heure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It means it is three in the morning only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t1:o1:1
# text = It means it is three in the morning only
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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It means the class has been on for three hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t1:o2:1
# text = It means the class has been on for three hours
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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heures here means o'clock: it is three o'clock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t1:o3:1
# text = heures here means o'clock: it is three o'clock
1	heures	heure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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It means you must wait three hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t1:o4:1
# text = It means you must wait three hours
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | 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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