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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 !"

nsubjpunctpunctauxnsubjccompiobjcompound:prtpunctpunctmarknmod:possnsubjadvclpunctobjdetobjpunctpunctrootLilyPROPNasksVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTIsAUXshePRONtellingVERBmePRONoffADP?PUNCT"PUNCTwhenSCONJherPRONcousinNOUNshoutsVERB"PUNCTSouffleXlesDETbougiesNOUN!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LilyLilyPROPNNumber=Sing2 asksnsubj
2asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_7 tellingpunct
4""PUNCT_7 tellingpunct
5IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 tellingaux
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 tellingnsubj
7tellingtellVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 asksccomp
8meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 tellingiobj
9offoffADP_7 tellingcompound:prt
10??PUNCT_7 tellingpunct
11""PUNCT_7 tellingpunct
12whenwhenSCONJ_15 shoutsmark
13herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 cousinnmod:poss
14cousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing15 shoutsnsubj
15shoutsshoutVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 tellingadvcl
16""PUNCT_17 Soufflepunct
17SouffleSouffleXForeign=Yes7 tellingobj
18leslesDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 bougiesdet
19bougiesbougyNOUNNumber=Plur7 tellingobj
20!!PUNCT_7 tellingpunct
21""PUNCT_2 askspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpresentLilyvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2tell off speech: assert in a quotepresent · progressiveLilySouffleLilytree rules
3shout speech: expresspresentLily's cousinvn 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?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETtruthNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 truthdet
4truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe truthtree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, she's saying wipe your nose

discoursepunctnsubjauxxcompnmod:possobjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTshePRON'sAUXsayingVERBwipeVERByourPRONnoseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 sayingdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 sayingnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 sayingaux
5sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
6wipewipeVERBVerbForm=Inf5 sayingxcomp
7youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 nosenmod:poss
8nosenoseNOUNNumber=Sing6 wipeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresent · progressiveshevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2wipeinfinitiveshe not said hereyour nosevn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent nose=Source

Option 2

No, she's saying cut the cake

discoursepunctnsubjauxcsubjdetobjrootNoINTJ,PUNCTshePRON'sAUXsayingVERBcutVERBtheDETcakeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 sayingdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 sayingpunct
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 sayingnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 sayingaux
5sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 cutcsubj
6cutcutVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 cakedet
8cakecakeNOUNNumber=Sing6 cutobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresent · progressiveshevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2cutpastsayingthe cakevn 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

discoursepunctnsubjauxccompcompound:prtdetobjrootNoINTJ,PUNCTshePRON'sAUXsayingVERBblowVERBoutADPtheDETcandlesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 sayingdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 sayingnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 sayingaux
5sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
6blowblowVERBVerbForm=Inf5 sayingccomp
7outoutADP_6 blowcompound:prt
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 candlesdet
9candlescandleNOUNNumber=Plur6 blowobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresent · progressiveshevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2blow outinfinitivethe candlesvn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent candle=Patient

Option 4

Yes, she's saying stop eating the cake

discoursepunctnsubjauxobjacldetobjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTshePRON'sAUXsayingVERBstopNOUNeatingVERBtheDETcakeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 sayingdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 sayingnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 sayingaux
5sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
6stopstopNOUNNumber=Sing5 sayingobj
7eatingeatVERBVerbForm=Ger6 stopacl
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 cakedet
9cakecakeNOUNNumber=Sing7 eatingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresent · progressiveshestopvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stop=Topic
2eatgerundstop not said herethe cakevn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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