Test 1 · Days of the week and months Holly says, "But it's a day! Days get capitals!" What is the French rule?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Holly, it, Days, French rule · What happens: say, be, get · To what, where: day, capitals · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» 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 .
The question Sentence 1: Holly says, "But it's a day!
nsubj punct punct cc nsubj cop det conj punct root Holly PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT But CCONJ it PRON 's AUX a DET day NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Holly Holly PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 says punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 2 says punct 5 But but CCONJ _ 9 day cc 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 day nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 day cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 day det 9 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 says conj 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: express present Holly vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present it a day 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: Days get capitals!"
nsubj obj punct punct root Days NOUN get VERB capitals NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Days day NOUN Number=Plur 2 get nsubj 2 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 capitals capital NOUN Number=Plur 2 get obj 4 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 get punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 2 get punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present Days capitals vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer capital=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What is the French rule?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET French ADJ rule NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 rule det 4 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 5 rule amod 5 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the French rule tree rules
The options Option 1 Only lundi and dimanche take capitals
advmod nsubj cc conj obj root Only ADV lundi PROPN and CCONJ dimanche NOUN take VERB capitals NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 lundi advmod 2 lundi lundi PROPN Number=Sing 5 take nsubj 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 dimanche cc 4 dimanche dimanche NOUN Number=Sing 2 lundi conj 5 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 capitals capital NOUN Number=Plur 5 take obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take present lundi and dimanche capitals vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Theme
Option 2 Days take capitals only in Quebec
nsubj obj advmod case obl root Days NOUN take VERB capitals NOUN only ADV in ADP Quebec PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Days day NOUN Number=Plur 2 take nsubj 2 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 capitals capital NOUN Number=Plur 2 take obj 4 only only ADV _ 6 Quebec advmod 5 in in ADP _ 6 Quebec case 6 Quebec Quebec PROPN Number=Sing 2 take obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take present Days capitals Quebec vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent capital=Value in quebec=Location
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Days take a capital letter, but months are always written small, as in English
The tree, 14 words nsubj det compound obj punct cc nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod conj xcomp punct case case obl root Days NOUN take VERB a DET capital NOUN letter NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ months NOUN are AUX always ADV written VERB small ADJ , PUNCT as ADP in ADP English PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Days day NOUN Number=Plur 2 take nsubj 2 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 letter det 4 capital capital NOUN Number=Sing 5 letter compound 5 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 2 take obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 written punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 11 written cc 8 months month NOUN Number=Plur 11 written nsubj:pass 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 written aux:pass 10 always always ADV PronType=Tot 11 written advmod 11 written write VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 take conj 12 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 11 written xcomp 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 English punct 14 as as ADP _ 16 English case 15 in in ADP _ 16 English case 16 English English PROPN Number=Sing 11 written obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take present Days a capital letter vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme 2 write present · passive months as English; always, small property vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as english=Attribute
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Days and months take a small letter unless they start a sentence
nsubj cc conj det amod obj mark nsubj advcl det obj root Days NOUN and CCONJ months NOUN take VERB a DET small ADJ letter NOUN unless SCONJ they PRON start VERB a DET sentence NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Days day NOUN Number=Plur 4 take nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 months cc 3 months month NOUN Number=Plur 1 Days conj 4 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 letter det 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 7 letter amod 7 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 4 take obj 8 unless unless SCONJ _ 10 start mark 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 start nsubj 10 start start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 take advcl 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 sentence det 12 sentence sentence NOUN Number=Sing 10 start obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take present Days and months a small letter vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme 2 start a condition, not said to happen present they a sentence vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Eventuality
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