Test 10 · ★★ · Telling the time Freya's gran says, "That's eight! I'd starve, my lover." ("My lover" means dear.) What's true about dinner in France?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gran, That, I, lover · What happens: say, be, starve, mean · To what, where: eight · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Telling the time» 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: Freya's gran says, "That's eight!
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj cop ccomp punct root Freya PROPN 's PART gran NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT That PRON 's AUX eight NUM ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Freya Freya PROPN Number=Sing 3 gran nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Freya case 3 gran gran NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 eight punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 eight punct 7 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 eight nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 eight cop 9 eight eight NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 says ccomp 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 4 says punct
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1 say speech: express present Freya's gran vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present That eight tree rules
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: I'd starve, my lover."
nsubj aux punct nmod:poss vocative punct punct root I PRON 'd AUX starve VERB , PUNCT my PRON lover NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 starve nsubj 2 'd would AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 starve aux 3 starve starve VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 lover punct 5 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 lover nmod:poss 6 lover lover NOUN Number=Sing 3 starve vocative 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 starve punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 3 starve punct
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1 starve would I my lover vocative tree rules
Sentence 3: ("My lover" means dear.)
punct punct nmod:poss nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT My PRON lover NOUN " PUNCT means VERB dear ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 lover punct 3 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 lover nmod:poss 4 lover lover NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 lover punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 dear dear ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 mean present My lover dear property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What's true about dinner in France?
nsubj cop case obl case nmod punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ about ADP dinner NOUN in ADP France PROPN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 about about ADP _ 5 dinner case 5 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 3 true obl 6 in in ADP _ 7 France case 7 France France PROPN Number=Sing 5 dinner nmod 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
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1 is present about dinner in France; true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It is at midnight in summer
nsubj cop case case nmod root It PRON is AUX at ADP midnight NOUN in ADP summer NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 midnight nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 midnight cop 3 at at ADP _ 4 midnight case 4 midnight midnight NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 summer case 6 summer summer NOUN Number=Sing 4 midnight nmod
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1 is present It summer at midnight tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer It is often around 19h30 or 20h, later than in many UK homes
nsubj cop advmod case cc conj punct advmod case case amod compound obl root It PRON is AUX often ADV around ADP 19h30 NUM or CCONJ 20h NUM , PUNCT later ADV than ADP in ADP many ADJ UK PROPN homes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 19h30 nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 19h30 cop 3 often often ADV _ 5 19h30 advmod 4 around around ADP _ 5 19h30 case 5 19h30 19h30 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 20h cc 7 20h 20h NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 19h30 conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 later punct 9 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 5 19h30 advmod 10 than than ADP _ 14 homes case 11 in in ADP _ 14 homes case 12 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 14 homes amod 13 UK UK PROPN Number=Sing 14 homes compound 14 homes home NOUN Number=Plur 9 later obl
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1 is present It 19h30 late, often property tree rules
Option 3 It is always at 16h, straight after school
nsubj cop advmod case punct advmod case conj root It PRON is AUX always ADV at ADP 16h NOUN , PUNCT straight ADV after ADP school NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 16h nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 16h cop 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 16h advmod 4 at at ADP _ 5 16h case 5 16h 16h NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 school punct 7 straight straight ADV _ 9 school advmod 8 after after ADP _ 9 school case 9 school school NOUN Number=Sing 5 16h conj
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1 is present It 16h and school always property tree rules
Option 4 There is no evening meal in France
expl det compound nsubj case nmod root There PRON is VERB no DET evening NOUN meal NOUN in ADP France PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 is expl 2 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 meal det 4 evening evening NOUN Number=Sing 5 meal compound 5 meal meal NOUN Number=Sing 2 is nsubj 6 in in ADP _ 7 France case 7 France France PROPN Number=Sing 5 meal nmod
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1 be present no evening meal in France there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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