--- title: It is given that a train departs at 14h05 and arrives at 16h50. Dete… — Olympiad: decoding a short French text… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a train departs at 14h05 and arrives at 16h50. Determine the duration of the journey. Exam question 4 of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/e4/) [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/) / [Olympiad: decoding a short French text…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★ It is given that a train departs at 14h05 and arrives at 16h50. Determine the duration of the journey. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** train, you · **What happens:** give, depart, arrive, determine · **To what, where:** It, 14h05, 16h50, duration This is exam question 4 of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a train departs at 14h05 and arrives at 16h50. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e4:1 # text = It is given that a train departs at 14h05 and arrives at 16h50. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 departs depart VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 14h05 14h05 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 16h50 16h50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **depart** | present | a train | | | 14h05 | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **arrive** | present | a train *not said here* | | | 16h50 | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* Determine the duration of the journey. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e4:2 # text = Determine the duration of the journey. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the duration of the journey | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duration=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Two hours and forty-five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e4:o1:1 # text = Two hours and forty-five minutes 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One hour and forty-five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e4:o2:1 # text = One hour and forty-five minutes 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Three hours and forty-five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e4:o3:1 # text = Three hours and forty-five minutes 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Two hours and fifty-five minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e4:o4:1 # text = Two hours and fifty-five minutes 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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