Test 4 · ★ · Dates and birthdays
Harry says, "Mint, same song!" ("Mint" means great.) What do the French kids sing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Harry, Mint, French kids · What happens: say, mean, be, sing · To what, where: Mint · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Harry says, "Mint, same song!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Mint | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Mint | punct |
| 5 | Mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 song | punct |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 song | amod |
| 8 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Mint | conj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 Mint | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Mint | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Harry | Mint and same song | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mint=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: ("Mint" means great.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mint | punct |
| 3 | Mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mint | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | xcomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Mint | great property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What do the French kids sing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 kids | det |
| 4 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kids | amod |
| 5 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sing | nsubj |
| 6 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | present | the French kids | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Happy birthday in English
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 birthday | amod |
| 2 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 English | case |
| 4 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 birthday | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Joyeux anniversaire, to the same tune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joyeux | Joyeux | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 anniversaire | compound |
| 2 | anniversaire | anniversaire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tune | punct |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 tune | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tune | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tune | amod |
| 7 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 anniversaire | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Bonne année, to a different and much slower tune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonne | bonne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 année | compound |
| 2 | année | année | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 different | punct |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 different | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 different | det |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 année | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 tune | cc |
| 8 | much | much | ADV | _ | 9 slower | advmod |
| 9 | slower | slow | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 tune | amod |
| 10 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 different | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Frère Jacques, to a party tune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frère | Frère | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Jacques | Jacques | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Frère | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tune | punct |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 tune | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tune | det |
| 6 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tune | compound |
| 7 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Frère | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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