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Test 9 · ★★ · Telling the time

Harvey grumbles, "Does it want me to do a boot?" when his alarm says "Debout !" What does it mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Harvey, it, alarm, boot · What happens: grumble, want, do, say, alarm, mean · To what, where: Harvey, boot, Debout · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Harvey grumbles, "Does it want me to do a boot?" when his alarm says "Debout !"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harvey	Harvey	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 grumbles	nsubj
2	grumbles	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct
5	Does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 want	aux
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 want	nsubj
7	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 grumbles	ccomp
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 want	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 want	xcomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 boot	det
12	boot	boot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 do	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct
15	when	when	SCONJ	_	18 says	mark
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 alarm	nmod:poss
17	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 says	nsubj
18	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grumbles	advcl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 Debout	punct
20	Debout	Debout	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 says	obj
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	20 Debout	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 Debout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	present	Harvey						vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want in a quote	present · do-support	it	Harvey					tree rules
3	do not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Harvey not said here	a boot					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Eventuality
4	say speech: assert	present	Harvey's alarm	Debout					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent debout=Topic
5	alarm		Harvey						nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=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 does it mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	boot						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Put your boots on!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 boots	nmod:poss
3	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obj
4	on	on	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	your boots					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent boot=Goal

Option 2

Go back to sleep!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 sleep	case
4	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	imperative	you not said here					to sleep result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sleep=Result

Option 3

Kick the alarm!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 alarm	det
3	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kick	obj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Kick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	imperative	you not said here	the alarm					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent alarm=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Get up!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Get	compound:prt
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get up	imperative	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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