--- title: Lily asks, "Is midi like a skirt?" when her penpal says "Il est midi… — Telling the time · tree and pragmatics description: Lily asks, "Is midi like a skirt?" when her penpal says "Il est midi !" What does it mean? Test 6 · ★★ 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Telling the time Lily asks, "Is midi like a skirt?" when her penpal says "Il est midi !" What does it mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily, penpal, midi · **What happens:** ask, be, say, mean · **To what, where:** midi · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lily asks, "Is midi like a skirt?" when her penpal says "Il est midi !" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t6:1 # text = Lily asks, "Is midi like a skirt?" when her penpal says "Il est midi !" 1 Lily Lily 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 , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 midi midi NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 skirt skirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 penpal penpal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Il Il PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 est est AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 midi midi NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 ! ! PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Lily | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | midi | | | | like a skirt | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lily's penpal | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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:* What does it mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t6:2 # text = What does it mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | midi | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It's 12 noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t6:o1:1 # text = It's 12 noon 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | 12 noon | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's half past twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t6:o2:1 # text = It's half past twelve 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 5 advmod _ _ 4 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | past twelve | | | | half *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's a skirt time ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t6:o3:1 # text = It's a skirt time 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 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 skirt skirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a skirt time | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's midnight ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t6:o4:1 # text = It's midnight 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | midnight | | | | | 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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