Test 10 · Days of the week and months
Olivia in Vermont says "Wait, you just use our word? That's wicked funny." ("Wicked" means very.) How is it written in France?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Olivia, you, our, That, Wicked · What happens: say, wait, use, word, be, mean · To what, where: word, Wicked, France · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 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: Olivia in Vermont says "Wait, you just use our word?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | Olivia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Vermont | case |
| 3 | Vermont | Vermont | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Olivia | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Wait | punct |
| 6 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 use | punct |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 use | nsubj |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 use | advmod |
| 10 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | parataxis |
| 11 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 word | nmod:poss |
| 12 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 use | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | Olivia in Vermont | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wait in a quote | infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | use in a quote | present | you | our word | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ||||
| 4 | word in a quote | our | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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: That's wicked funny."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 funny | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 funny | cop |
| 3 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 funny | amod |
| 4 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 funny | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 funny | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | funny property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: ("Wicked" means very.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Wicked | punct |
| 3 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Wicked | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 means | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Wicked | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 4: How is it written in France?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 written | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 written | aux:pass |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 written | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 France | case |
| 6 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 written | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 written | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present · passive | Wicked | France | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in france=Destination |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
le weekend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | le | le | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 weekend | det |
| 2 | weekend | weekend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
le wiikend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | le | le | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wiikend | det |
| 2 | wiikend | wiikend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
le week-end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | le | le | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 end | det |
| 2 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 end | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 week | punct |
| 4 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
la weekend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | la | la | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 weekend | det |
| 2 | weekend | weekend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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