Test 2 · ★ · Dates and birthdays Ryan's card arrives in March. He goes, "Bro, that's two months early." He had written 05/03 meaning May 3rd. What went wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: card, that · What happens: arrive, go, be, write · To what, where: two months, 05/03 meaning
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Ryan's card arrives in March.
nmod:poss case nsubj case obl punct root Ryan PROPN 's PART card NOUN arrives VERB in ADP March PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ryan Ryan PROPN Number=Sing 3 card nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ryan case 3 card card NOUN Number=Sing 4 arrives nsubj 4 arrives arrive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 March case 6 March March PROPN Number=Sing 4 arrives obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 arrives punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 arrive present Ryan's card march vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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: He goes, "Bro, that's two months early."
nsubj punct punct vocative punct nsubj cop nummod obl:unmarked advmod punct punct root He PRON goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Bro NOUN , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX two NUM months NOUN early ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 goes nsubj 2 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 Bro punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 Bro punct 5 Bro bro NOUN Number=Sing 2 goes vocative 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 months punct 7 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 10 months nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 months cop 9 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 months nummod 10 months month NOUN Number=Plur 11 early obl:unmarked 11 early early ADV Degree=Pos 2 goes advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 goes punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 2 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present card Bro vocative ; early property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is a in a quote present that two months tree rules
Sentence 3: He had written 05/03 meaning May 3rd.
nsubj aux nummod obj nmod:unmarked obj punct root He PRON had AUX written VERB 05/03 NUM meaning NOUN May PROPN 3rd NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 written nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 written aux 3 written write VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 05/03 05/03 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 meaning nummod 5 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 3 written obj 6 May May PROPN Number=Sing 7 3rd nmod:unmarked 7 3rd 3rd NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord 5 meaning obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 written punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write past · perfect card 05/03 meaning vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
Sentence 4: What went wrong?
nsubj xcomp punct root What PRON went VERB wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 went nsubj 2 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 2 went xcomp 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go past wrong property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The French post is always two months fast
det amod nsubj cop advmod nummod advmod root The DET French ADJ post NOUN is AUX always ADV two NUM months NOUN fast ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 post det 2 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 3 post amod 3 post post NOUN Number=Sing 7 months nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 months cop 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 7 months advmod 6 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 months nummod 7 months month NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 fast fast ADV Degree=Pos 7 months advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the French post two months always, fast property tree rules
Option 2 His penpal can't read numbers
nmod:poss nsubj aux advmod obj root His PRON penpal NOUN ca AUX n't PART read VERB numbers NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 penpal nmod:poss 2 penpal penpal NOUN Number=Sing 5 read nsubj 3 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 read aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 read advmod 5 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 numbers number NOUN Number=Plur 5 read obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not read can His penpal numbers vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic
Option 3 France has no month called May
nsubj det obj acl xcomp root France PROPN has VERB no DET month NOUN called VERB May PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 France France PROPN Number=Sing 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 no no DET PronType=Neg 4 month det 4 month month NOUN Number=Sing 2 has obj 5 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 month acl 6 May May PROPN Number=Sing 5 called xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present France month vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 call participle no month not said here vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer France writes day first, so his penpal read 5 March
nsubj obl:unmarked advmod punct advmod nmod:poss nsubj conj nummod obj root France PROPN writes VERB day NOUN first ADV , PUNCT so ADV his PRON penpal NOUN read VERB 5 NUM March PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 France France PROPN Number=Sing 2 writes nsubj 2 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 writes obl:unmarked 4 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 2 writes advmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 read punct 6 so so ADV _ 9 read advmod 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 penpal nmod:poss 8 penpal penpal NOUN Number=Sing 9 read nsubj 9 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 writes conj 10 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 March nummod 11 March March PROPN Number=Sing 9 read obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present France day first property vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 read past France's penpal march vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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