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Test 3 · ★ · Weather and seasons

Cooper's penpal replies "Tu veux dire : j'ai chaud !" Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: penpal · What happens: reply · To what, where: Tu

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 13 «Weather and seasons» 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: Cooper's penpal replies "Tu veux dire : j'ai chaud !"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cooper	Cooper	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 penpal	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Cooper	case
3	penpal	penpal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replies	nsubj
4	replies	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Tu	punct
6	Tu	Tu	X	Foreign=Yes	4 replies	obj
7	veux	veux	X	Foreign=Yes	8 dire	dep
8	dire	dire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Tu	conj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 chaud	punct
10	j'ai	j'ai	X	_	11 chaud	compound
11	chaud	chaud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 replies	parataxis
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 chaud	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 chaud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	present	Cooper's penpal	Tu					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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

French people never say they are hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 say	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hot	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hot	cop
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	present	French people						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	people					hot property	tree rules

Option 2

Only grown-ups can say they are hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 ups	advmod
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ups	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 grown	punct
4	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hot	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hot	cop
9	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	can	grown ups						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	ups = up					hot property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

For your body you use avoir: j'ai chaud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 body	case
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 body	nmod:poss
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obl
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	avoir	avoir	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 chaud	punct
8	j'ai	j'ai	X	_	9 chaud	compound
9	chaud	chaud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	you	avoir				for your body; j'ai chaud obl	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent avoir=Theme for body=Eventuality

Option 4

For your body you use être: je suis chaud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 body	case
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 body	nmod:poss
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obl
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	être	être	X	Foreign=Yes	5 use	obj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 je	punct
8	je	je	X	Foreign=Yes	5 use	parataxis
9	suis	suis	X	Foreign=Yes	8 je	flat:foreign
10	chaud	chaud	X	Foreign=Yes	8 je	flat:foreign

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	you	être				for your body	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent être=Theme for body=Eventuality

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