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Test 1 · ★ · Dates and birthdays

Emily asks, "Why's only the first one special?" What's the rule?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Emily, rule · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: first one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 11 «Dates and birthdays» 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: Emily asks, "Why's only the first one special?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Emily	Emily	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
5	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 one	advmod
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 one	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 one	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 one	amod
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asks	parataxis
11	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 one	amod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Emily						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present		the first one					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: What's the rule?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the rule						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The 1st uses une because the month is feminine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 1st	det
2	1st	1st	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	3 uses	nsubj
3	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	une	une	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	obj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 feminine	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 month	det
7	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feminine	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 feminine	cop
9	feminine	feminine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 uses	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	the 1st	une					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent une=Patient
2	is	present	the month					feminine property	tree rules

Option 2

Only the last day of a month is special

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 day	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 day	det
3	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 day	amod
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 special	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 month	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 month	det
7	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 day	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 special	cop
9	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the last day of a month					special property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The 1st uses premier; all others use plain numbers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 1st	det
2	1st	1st	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	3 uses	nsubj
3	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	premier	premier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 use	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 others	det
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 use	nsubj
8	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 uses	parataxis
9	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 numbers	amod
10	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	the 1st	premier					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent premier=Patient
2	use	present	all others	plain numbers					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient

Option 4

Every date uses premier, deuxième, troisième

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 date	det
2	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	nsubj
3	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	premier	premier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 deuxième	punct
6	deuxième	deuxième	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 premier	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 troisième	punct
8	troisième	troisième	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 premier	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	every date	premier and deuxième and troisième					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent premier=Patient

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