--- title: Olivia in Melbourne asks, "Arvo's not a thing in French?" ("Arvo" me… — Telling the time · tree and pragmatics description: Olivia in Melbourne asks, "Arvo's not a thing in French?" ("Arvo" means afternoon.) At 3 pm, what should she say? 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At 3 pm, what should she say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Olivia, Arvo · **What happens:** ask, not be, mean, say · **To what, where:** thing, French, 3 · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Olivia in Melbourne asks, "Arvo's not a thing in French?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t8:1 # text = Olivia in Melbourne asks, "Arvo's not a thing in French?" 1 Olivia Olivia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Melbourne Melbourne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Arvo Arvo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Olivia in Melbourne | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Arvo | a thing | | French | | | tree rules | 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:* ("Arvo" means afternoon.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t8:2 # text = ("Arvo" means afternoon.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Arvo Arvo PROPN NNP 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 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ 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 | Arvo | | | | afternoon | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* At 3 pm, what should she say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t8:3 # text = At 3 pm, what should she say? 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 3 pm p.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | Arvo | | | 3 pm | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} le matin ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t8:o1:1 # text = le matin 1 le le DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 matin matin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} la nuit ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t8:o2:1 # text = la nuit 1 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 nuit nuit X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} le soir ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t8:o3:1 # text = le soir 1 le le DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soir soir NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} l'après-midi ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t8:o4:1 # text = l'après-midi 1 l'après l'après NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 midi midi NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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