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Test 4 · Days of the week and months

Liam says the French week "starting on lundi is well wonky." ("Well wonky" means very odd.) What could happen if he forgets?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Liam, starting, wonky · What happens: say, start, be, mean, happen, forget · To what, where: lundi · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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: Liam says the French week "starting on lundi is well wonky."

nsubjdetamodobl:unmarkedpunctcsubjcaseoblcopadvmodccomppunctpunctrootLiamPROPNsaysVERBtheDETFrenchADJweekNOUN"PUNCTstartingVERBonADPlundiPROPNisAUXwellADVwonkyADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LiamLiamPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 weekdet
4FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Pos5 weekamod
5weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing2 saysobl:unmarked
6""PUNCT_7 startingpunct
7startingstartVERBVerbForm=Ger12 wonkycsubj
8ononADP_9 lundicase
9lundilundiPROPNNumber=Sing7 startingobl
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 wonkycop
11wellwellADVDegree=Pos12 wonkyadvmod
12wonkywonkyADJDegree=Pos2 saysccomp
13..PUNCT_12 wonkypunct
14""PUNCT_12 wonkypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentLiamweekvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2start in a quotegerundlundivn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3is in a quotepresentstartingwell, wonky propertytree 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: ("Well wonky" means very odd.)

punctpunctdiscoursensubjpunctadvmodxcomppunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTWellINTJwonkyADJ"PUNCTmeansVERBveryADVoddADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_6 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_4 wonkypunct
3WellwellINTJ_4 wonkydiscourse
4wonkywonkyADJDegree=Pos6 meansnsubj
5""PUNCT_4 wonkypunct
6meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7veryveryADV_8 oddadvmod
8oddoddADJDegree=Pos6 meansxcomp
9..PUNCT_6 meanspunct
10))PUNCT_6 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentwonkyodd propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What could happen if he forgets?

nsubjauxmarknsubjadvclpunctrootWhatPRONcouldAUXhappenVERBifSCONJhePRONforgetsVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happennsubj
2couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 happenaux
3happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4ififSCONJ_6 forgetsmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 forgetsnsubj
6forgetsforgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 happenadvcl
7??PUNCT_3 happenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happencouldvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2forget a condition, not said to happenpresentwonkytree rules

The options

Option 1

Nothing, the week starts on Sunday in France

nsubjpunctdetnsubjcaseoblcasenmodrootNothingPRON,PUNCTtheDETweekNOUNstartsVERBonADPSundayPROPNinADPFrancePROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg5 startsnsubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Nothingpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 weekdet
4weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing5 startsnsubj
5startsstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ononADP_7 Sundaycase
7SundaySundayPROPNNumber=Sing5 startsobl
8ininADP_9 Francecase
9FranceFrancePROPNNumber=Sing7 Sundaynmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1startpresentNothingsundayvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He could read the calendar wrong and turn up a day late

nsubjauxdetobjxcompccconjcompound:prtdetobl:unmarkedadvmodrootHePRONcouldAUXreadVERBtheDETcalendarNOUNwrongADJandCCONJturnVERBupADPaDETdayNOUNlateADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 readnsubj
2couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 readaux
3readreadVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 calendardet
5calendarcalendarNOUNNumber=Sing3 readobj
6wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos3 readxcomp
7andandCCONJ_8 turncc
8turnturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 readconj
9upupADP_8 turncompound:prt
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 daydet
11daydayNOUNNumber=Sing8 turnobl:unmarked
12latelateADVDegree=Pos8 turnadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1readcouldHethe calendarwrong propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calendar=Topic
2turn uppresentHe not said heredaylate propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The calendar would have eight days

detnsubjauxnummodobjrootTheDETcalendarNOUNwouldAUXhaveVERBeightNUMdaysNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 calendardet
2calendarcalendarNOUNNumber=Sing4 havensubj
3wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 haveaux
4havehaveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5eighteightNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 daysnummod
6daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur4 haveobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havewouldthe calendardayvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He would arrive a week early

nsubjauxdetobl:unmarkedadvmodrootHePRONwouldAUXarriveVERBaDETweekNOUNearlyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 arrivensubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 arriveaux
3arrivearriveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 weekdet
5weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing3 arriveobl:unmarked
6earlyearlyADVDegree=Pos3 arriveadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arrivewouldHeweekearly propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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