--- title: Mia shrugs, "Wee word, wee mistake." ("Wee" means small.) Why does u… — Telling the time · tree and pragmatics description: Mia shrugs, "Wee word, wee mistake." ("Wee" means small.) Why does une heure need une? Test 2 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/12-telling-the-time/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Telling the time](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/12-telling-the-time/) / t2 # 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/12-telling-the-time/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mia shrugs, "Wee word, wee mistake." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t2:1 # text = Mia shrugs, "Wee word, wee mistake." 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shrugs shrug 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 Wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 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.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t2:2 # text = ("Wee" means small.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Wee wee 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 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 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 | Wee | | | | | small *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* Why does une heure need une? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t2:3 # text = Why does une heure need une? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 une une DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 heure heure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 une une NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} une means "o'clock" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t2:o1:1 # text = une means "o'clock" 1 une une X FW _ 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 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 {#o2} heure is a feminine word ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t2:o2:1 # text = heure is a feminine word 1 heure heure 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 feminine feminine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 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 {#o3} heure is a word for girls only ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t2:o3:1 # text = heure is a word for girls only 1 heure heure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 6 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 {#o4} une is used for times before noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t2:o4:1 # text = une is used for times before noon 1 une une NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 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 | **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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