Test 6 · Days of the week and months
Archie says juin and juillet are "dead similar, la." ("Dead" means very.) Which trick helps?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Archie, juin, trick · What happens: say, be, mean, help · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Archie says juin and juillet are "dead similar, la." ("Dead" means very.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archie | Archie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | juin | juin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 similar | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 juillet | cc |
| 5 | juillet | juillet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 juin | conj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 similar | cop |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 similar | punct |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 similar | amod |
| 9 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 la. | punct |
| 11 | la. | La. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 similar | obl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 similar | punct |
| 13 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 17 means | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Dead | punct |
| 15 | Dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 means | csubj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Dead | punct |
| 17 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 18 | very | very | ADV | _ | 17 means | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 means | punct |
| 20 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Archie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | juin and juillet | la. obl; similar property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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: Which trick helps?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 trick | det |
| 2 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helps | nsubj |
| 3 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | which trick | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The shorter word is the earlier month: juin is June
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 word | det |
| 2 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 word | amod |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 month | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 month | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 month | det |
| 6 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 month | amod |
| 7 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 June | punct |
| 9 | juin | juin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 June | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 June | cop |
| 11 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 month | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the shorter word | the earlier month and June | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | juin | June | tree rules |
Option 2
The longer word is the earlier month: juillet is June
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 word | det |
| 2 | longer | long | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 word | amod |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 month | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 month | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 month | det |
| 6 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 month | amod |
| 7 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 June | punct |
| 9 | juillet | juillet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 June | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 June | cop |
| 11 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 month | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the longer word | the earlier month and June | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | juillet | June | tree rules |
Option 3
They are the same month, two spellings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 month | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 month | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 month | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 month | amod |
| 5 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 spellings | punct |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 spellings | nummod |
| 8 | spellings | spelling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 month | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | the same month and two spellings | tree rules |
Option 4
juin is always in winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | juin | juin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 winter | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 winter | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 winter | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 winter | case |
| 5 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | juin | in winter; always property | tree rules |
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