Test 7 · ★ · Weather and seasons
Ruby says, "July's winter, mate, that's backwards!" Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, that · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Ruby says, "July's winter, mate, that's backwards!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 winter | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 winter | punct |
| 5 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 winter | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 July | case |
| 7 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 winter | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 's | punct |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 's | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 13 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 12 's | advmod |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 's | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 's | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | Ruby | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | be in a quote | present | that | backwards property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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: Who is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Both: July is winter in Australia and summer in France
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 July | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Both | punct |
| 3 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 winter | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 winter | cop |
| 5 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Australia | case |
| 7 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 winter | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 summer | cc |
| 9 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 winter | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 France | case |
| 11 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 summer | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | both July | winter and summer in France | Australia | tree rules |
Option 2
Ruby: July is winter everywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 winter | punct |
| 3 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 winter | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 winter | cop |
| 5 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ruby | appos |
| 6 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 winter | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | July | winter | everywhere property | tree rules |
Option 3
The French: July is summer everywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 French | det |
| 2 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 summer | punct |
| 4 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 summer | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 summer | cop |
| 6 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 French | obl |
| 7 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 summer | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | July | summer | everywhere property | tree rules |
Option 4
Neither: July is always spring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 July | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 spring | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 spring | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 spring | advmod |
| 6 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | July | spring | always property | tree rules |
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