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Test 7 · ★ · Dates and birthdays

Charlie says, "It's not my birthday, our kid," when Jules writes "Bonne fête !" on 4 November. ("Our kid" means my brother.) What happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Charlie, It, Jules, kid · What happens: say, not be, write, mean, happen · To what, where: birthday, Bonne fête, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Charlie says, "It's not my birthday, our kid," when Jules writes "Bonne fête !" on 4 November.

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjcopadvmodnmod:possccomppunctnmod:possconjpunctpunctadvmodnsubjconjpunctcompoundobjpunctpunctcasenummodoblpunctrootCharliePROPNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTItPRON'sAUXnotPARTmyPRONbirthdayNOUN,PUNCTourPRONkidNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTwhenADVJulesPROPNwritesVERB"PUNCTBonneNOUNfêteNOUN!PUNCT"PUNCTonADP4NUMNovemberPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CharlieCharliePROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_9 birthdaypunct
4""PUNCT_9 birthdaypunct
5ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 birthdaynsubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 birthdaycop
7notnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 birthdayadvmod
8mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 birthdaynmod:poss
9birthdaybirthdayNOUNNumber=Sing2 saysccomp
10,,PUNCT_12 kidpunct
11ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 kidnmod:poss
12kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing9 birthdayconj
13,,PUNCT_17 writespunct
14""PUNCT_17 writespunct
15whenwhenADVPronType=Int17 writesadvmod
16JulesJulesPROPNNumber=Sing17 writesnsubj
17writeswriteVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 saysconj
18""PUNCT_20 fêtepunct
19BonnebonneNOUNNumber=Sing20 fêtecompound
20fêtefêteNOUNNumber=Sing17 writesobj
21!!PUNCT_20 fêtepunct
22""PUNCT_20 fêtepunct
23ononADP_25 Novembercase
2444NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card25 Novembernummod
25NovemberNovemberPROPNNumber=Sing17 writesobl
26..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentCharlievn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2not is a in a quotepresentItmy birthday and our kidtree rules
3writepresentJulesBonne fêtenovembervn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fête=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: ("Our kid" means my brother.)

punctpunctnmod:possnsubjpunctnmod:possobjpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTOurPRONkidNOUN"PUNCTmeansVERBmyPRONbrotherNOUN.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_6 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_4 kidpunct
3OurourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 kidnmod:poss
4kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansnsubj
5""PUNCT_4 kidpunct
6meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 brothernmod:poss
8brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansobj
9..PUNCT_6 meanspunct
10))PUNCT_6 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentOur kidmy brothervn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic

Sentence 3: What happened?

nsubjpunctrootWhatPRONhappenedVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 happenednsubj
2happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 happenedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Jules wished him a happy name day for Saint Charles

nsubjobjdetamodcompoundobl:unmarkedcasecompoundnmodrootJulesPROPNwishedVERBhimPRONaDEThappyADJnameNOUNdayNOUNforADPSaintPROPNCharlesPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JulesJulesPROPNNumber=Sing2 wishednsubj
2wishedwishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 wishedobj
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 daydet
5happyhappyADJDegree=Pos7 dayamod
6namenameNOUNNumber=Sing7 daycompound
7daydayNOUNNumber=Sing2 wishedobl:unmarked
8forforADP_10 Charlescase
9SaintSaintPROPNNumber=Sing10 Charlescompound
10CharlesCharlesPROPNNumber=Sing7 daynmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wishpastJuleshim = hedayvn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2

Jules got his birthday wrong

nsubjnmod:possobjxcomprootJulesPROPNgotVERBhisPRONbirthdayNOUNwrongADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JulesJulesPROPNNumber=Sing2 gotnsubj
2gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 birthdaynmod:poss
4birthdaybirthdayNOUNNumber=Sing2 gotobj
5wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos2 gotxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpastJulesJules's birthdaywrong propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer birthday=Stimulus

Option 3

Jules meant "have a good party tonight"

nsubjpunctccompdetamodobjobl:unmarkedpunctrootJulesPROPNmeantVERB"PUNCThaveVERBaDETgoodADJpartyNOUNtonightNOUN"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JulesJulesPROPNNumber=Sing2 meantnsubj
2meantmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3""PUNCT_4 havepunct
4havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 meantccomp
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 partydet
6goodgoodADJDegree=Pos7 partyamod
7partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing4 haveobj
8tonighttonightNOUNNumber=Sing4 haveobl:unmarked
9""PUNCT_4 havepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpastJulesvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2have in a quotepresenta good partytonightvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient

Option 4

Jules was wishing him happy Christmas

nsubjauxobjamodobl:unmarkedrootJulesPROPNwasAUXwishingVERBhimPRONhappyADJChristmasPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JulesJulesPROPNNumber=Sing3 wishingnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 wishingaux
3wishingwishVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 wishingobj
5happyhappyADJDegree=Pos6 Christmasamod
6ChristmasChristmasPROPNNumber=Sing3 wishingobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wishpast · progressiveJuleshim = hehappy Christmas obl:unmarkedvn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

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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