Test 5 · ★ · Dates and birthdays
Lily asks, "Is she telling me off?" when her cousin shouts "Souffle les bougies !" What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily, cousin, truth · What happens: ask, tell off, shout, be · To what, where: Souffle, Lily · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Lily asks, "Is she telling me off?" when her cousin shouts "Souffle les bougies !"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 telling | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 telling | punct |
| 5 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 telling | aux |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 telling | nsubj |
| 7 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 telling | iobj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 telling | compound:prt |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 telling | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 telling | punct |
| 12 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 shouts | mark |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 14 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 shouts | nsubj |
| 15 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 telling | advcl |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 Souffle | punct |
| 17 | Souffle | Souffle | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 telling | obj |
| 18 | les | les | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 bougies | det |
| 19 | bougies | bougy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 telling | obj |
| 20 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 telling | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Lily | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | tell off speech: assert in a quote | present · progressive | Lily | Souffle | Lily | tree rules | |||
| 3 | shout speech: express | present | Lily's cousin | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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: What's the truth?
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 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | 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 truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, she's saying wipe your nose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 saying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saying | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 saying | aux |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | wipe | wipe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 saying | xcomp |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 nose | nmod:poss |
| 8 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wipe | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wipe | infinitive | she not said here | your nose | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent nose=Source |
Option 2
No, she's saying cut the cake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 saying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saying | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saying | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 saying | aux |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 cut | csubj |
| 6 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cake | det |
| 8 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cut | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | cut | past | saying | the cake | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cake=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, she's saying blow out the candles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 saying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saying | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 saying | aux |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 saying | ccomp |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 blow | compound:prt |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 candles | det |
| 9 | candles | candle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 blow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | blow out | infinitive | the candles | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent candle=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, she's saying stop eating the cake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 saying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saying | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 saying | aux |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saying | obj |
| 7 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cake | det |
| 9 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | she | stop | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stop=Topic | ||||
| 2 | eat | gerund | stop not said here | the cake | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |
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