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title: Oliver says, "There's no fourteen o'clock, like." What would happen… — Telling the time · tree and pragmatics
description: Oliver says, "There's no fourteen o'clock, like." What would happen if he read 14h30 as 4:30? Test 3 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Telling the time

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Oliver says, "There's no fourteen o'clock, like." What would happen if he read 14h30 as 4:30?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oliver, fourteen o'clock, o'clock · **What happens:** say, be, happen, read · **To what, where:** 14h30 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Oliver says, "There's no fourteen o'clock, like."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t3:1
# text = Oliver says, "There's no fourteen o'clock, like."
1	Oliver	Oliver	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	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	fourteen	fourteen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Oliver |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no fourteen o'clock |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 would happen if he read 14h30 as 4:30?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t3:2
# text = What would happen if he read 14h30 as 4:30?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	14h30	14h30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	4:30	4:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **read** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | o'clock | 14h30 |  |  |  | as 4:30 | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer 14h30=Stimulus as 4:30=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He would be half an hour late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t3:o1:1
# text = He would be half an hour late
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would | He | half hour |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He would be two hours early for nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t3:o2:1
# text = He would be two hours early for nothing
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would | He | two hours |  |  |  | for nothing; early *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, 14h30 and 4:30 are the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t3:o3:1
# text = Nothing, 14h30 and 4:30 are the same
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	14h30	14h30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	4:30	4:30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He would miss his train by two hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t3:o4:1
# text = He would miss his train by two hours
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | would | He | his train |  |  | hour |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |

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