Test 3 · Days of the week and months
Aisha replies, "No school on a Wednesday?! Lucky you, no cap." ("No cap" means honestly.) What is true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aisha, cap · What happens: reply, mean, be · To what, where: school
This is test 3 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: Aisha replies, "No school on a Wednesday?!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aisha | Aisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 replies | nsubj |
| 2 | replies | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 school | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 school | punct |
| 5 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 school | det |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 replies | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Wednesday | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 Wednesday | det |
| 9 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 school | nmod |
| 10 | ?! | ?! | PUNCT | _ | 2 replies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | present | Aisha | no school on a Wednesday | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=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: Lucky you, no cap."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky | Lucky | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Lucky | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cap | punct |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 cap | det |
| 5 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lucky | appos |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cap | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 cap | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: ("No cap" means honestly.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 cap | punct |
| 3 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 cap | det |
| 4 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 cap | punct |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 6 means | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | no cap | honestly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 4: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Léa was skipping school without telling anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Léa | Léa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 skipping | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 skipping | aux |
| 3 | skipping | skip | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 skipping | obj |
| 5 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 6 telling | mark |
| 6 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 skipping | advcl |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 telling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skip | past · progressive | Léa | school | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Agent | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | Léa not said here | anyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many French primary schools have no lessons on Wednesday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 schools | amod |
| 2 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 schools | amod |
| 3 | primary | primary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 schools | amod |
| 4 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 lessons | det |
| 7 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Wednesday | case |
| 9 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lessons | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Many French primary schools | no lessons | on Wednesday | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Patient |
Option 3
French children never go to school at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 children | amod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 go | advmod |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 school | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | present | French children | all | to school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location |
Option 4
French schools are closed every day but Wednesday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 schools | amod |
| 2 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 closed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 closed | aux:pass |
| 4 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 closed | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 Wednesday | cc |
| 8 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 closed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | present · passive | French schools | day | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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