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title: Jacob in Glasgow says proudly, "Ah'm no late for once." ("Ah'm no" m… — Telling the time · tree and pragmatics
description: Jacob in Glasgow says proudly, "Ah'm no late for once." ("Ah'm no" means I'm not.) When did his class start? Test 7 · ★★ 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 7 · ★★ · Telling the time

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Jacob in Glasgow says proudly, "Ah'm no late for once." ("Ah'm no" means I'm not.) When did his class start?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jacob, no · **What happens:** say, not be, be, mean, do, start · **To what, where:** no, class start · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jacob in Glasgow says proudly, "Ah'm no late for once."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t7:1
# text = Jacob in Glasgow says proudly, "Ah'm no late for once."
1	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	no	no	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jacob in Glasgow |  |  |  |  | proudly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

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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:* ("Ah'm no" means I'm not.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t7:2
# text = ("Ah'm no" means I'm not.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	no	no	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | no |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | no |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* When did his class start?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t7:3
# text = When did his class start?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | no's class start |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent start=Eventuality |
| 2 | **start** |  | no |  |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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à neuf heures, at nine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t7:o1:1
# text = à neuf heures, at nine
1	à	à	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	advmod	_	_
2	neuf	neuf	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	heures	heure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nine minutes past

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t7:o2:1
# text = nine minutes past
1	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
after nine lessons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t7:o3:1
# text = after nine lessons
1	after	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
at nineteen hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t7:o4:1
# text = at nineteen hours
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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