Test 10 · ★ · Dates and birthdays Grace asks, "Eh, they keep saying Bonne année for weeks?" ("Eh" asks you to agree.) What's the custom?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grace, they, Eh, custom · What happens: ask, keep, say, agree, be · To what, where: Bonne année, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Grace asks, "Eh, they keep saying Bonne année for weeks?"
nsubj punct punct discourse punct nsubj parataxis xcomp compound obj case obl punct punct root Grace PROPN asks VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Eh INTJ , PUNCT they PRON keep VERB saying VERB Bonne NOUN année NOUN for ADP weeks NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grace Grace PROPN Number=Sing 2 asks nsubj 2 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 keep punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 8 keep punct 5 Eh eh INTJ _ 8 keep discourse 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 Eh punct 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 keep nsubj 8 keep keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 asks parataxis 9 saying say VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 keep xcomp 10 Bonne bonne NOUN Number=Sing 11 année compound 11 année année NOUN Number=Sing 9 saying obj 12 for for ADP _ 13 weeks case 13 weeks week NOUN Number=Plur 9 saying obl 14 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 asks punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 2 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Grace vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 keep in a quote present they tree rules 3 say speech: assert in a quote gerund they not said here Bonne année week vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent année=Topic
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: ("Eh" asks you to agree.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj mark xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Eh PROPN " PUNCT asks VERB you PRON to PART agree VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 asks punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Eh punct 3 Eh Eh PROPN Number=Sing 5 asks nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Eh punct 5 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 asks obj 7 to to PART _ 8 agree mark 8 agree agree VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 asks xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 asks punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Eh you vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic 2 agree speech: agree not said to happen to-infinitive Eh not said here vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the custom?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET custom NOUN ? PUNCT 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 custom det 4 custom custom 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 custom tree rules
The options Option 1 It's said only on 6 January
nsubj aux:pass advmod case xcomp nmod:unmarked root It PRON 's AUX said VERB only ADV on ADP 6 NUM January PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 said nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 said aux:pass 3 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 only only ADV _ 6 6 advmod 5 on on ADP _ 6 6 case 6 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 said xcomp 7 January January PROPN Number=Sing 6 6 nmod:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive It vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice It's said only to teachers
nsubj aux:pass advmod case obj root It PRON 's AUX said VERB only ADV to ADP teachers NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 said nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 said aux:pass 3 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 only only ADV _ 6 teachers advmod 5 to to ADP _ 6 teachers case 6 teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 3 said obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive It vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme teacher=Manner
Option 3 It's said only at midnight on New Year's Eve
nsubj aux:pass advmod case obl case compound nmod:poss case obl root It PRON 's AUX said VERB only ADV at ADP midnight NOUN on ADP New PROPN Year PROPN 's PART Eve PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 said nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 said aux:pass 3 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 only only ADV _ 6 midnight advmod 5 at at ADP _ 6 midnight case 6 midnight midnight NOUN Number=Sing 3 said obl 7 on on ADP _ 11 Eve case 8 New New PROPN Number=Sing 9 Year compound 9 Year Year PROPN Number=Sing 11 Eve nmod:poss 10 's 's PART _ 9 Year case 11 Eve Eve PROPN Number=Sing 3 said obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive It New Year's Eve midnight vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer It's said all January, the first time you meet someone that year
nsubj aux:pass det nsubj punct det amod obl:unmarked nsubj ccomp obj det nmod:unmarked root It PRON 's AUX said VERB all DET January PROPN , PUNCT the DET first ADJ time NOUN you PRON meet VERB someone PRON that PRON year NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 said nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 said aux:pass 3 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 January det 5 January January PROPN Number=Sing 11 meet nsubj 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 meet punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 time det 8 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 9 time amod 9 time time NOUN Number=Sing 11 meet obl:unmarked 10 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 meet nsubj 11 meet meet VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 said ccomp 12 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 11 meet obj 13 that that PRON PronType=Rel 14 year det 14 year year NOUN Number=Sing 12 someone nmod:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive It tree rules 2 meet present all January someone time vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Co-Agent
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