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title: ★★★ Josh from Leeds says, "14h05 to 16h50? Two hours fifty-five, sor… — Olympiad: decoding a short French text… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Josh from Leeds says, "14h05 to 16h50? Two hours fifty-five, sorted." Which way of counting is right? Test 9 · ★★★ 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; 
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★

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★★★ Josh from Leeds says, "14h05 to 16h50? Two hours fifty-five, sorted." Which way of counting is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Josh, Two hours, way · **What happens:** say, sort, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Josh from Leeds says, "14h05 to 16h50?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t9:1
# text = ★★★ Josh from Leeds says, "14h05 to 16h50?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	14h05	14h05	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	16h50	16h50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Josh  ★ ★ ★ from Leeds |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Two hours fifty-five, sorted."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t9:2
# text = Two hours fifty-five, sorted."
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | past | Two hours |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Which way of counting is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t9:3
# text = Which way of counting is right?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	counting	counting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which way of counting |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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2 h to 16h05, then 45 min

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t9:o1:1
# text = 2 h to 16h05, then 45 min
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	h	H	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	16h05	16h05	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
7	45	45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	min	minute	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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3 h to 17h05, then 15 min more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t9:o2:1
# text = 3 h to 17h05, then 15 min more
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	h	H	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	17h05	17h05	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
7	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	min	minute	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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1 h to 15h05, then 45 min

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t9:o3:1
# text = 1 h to 15h05, then 45 min
1	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	h	H	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	15h05	15h05	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
7	45	45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	min	minute	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nowhere, it really is 2 h 55

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t9:o4:1
# text = Nowhere, it really is 2 h 55
1	Nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
7	h	H	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
8	55	55	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | 2 |  |  |  | h *nmod:unmarked*; nowhere *property* | tree rules |

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