Test 10 · My family
Charlie asks his dad, "Is frérot like 'our kid'?" ("Our kid" means my brother.) Where should Charlie use it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Charlie, kid · What happens: ask, be, mean, use · To what, where: dad, frérot, brother, kid · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 14 «My family» 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 asks his dad, "Is frérot like 'our kid'?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie | Charlie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 frérot | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 frérot | punct |
| 7 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 frérot | cop |
| 8 | frérot | frérot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dad | appos |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 kid | case |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 kid | punct |
| 11 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 kid | nmod:poss |
| 12 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 frérot | nmod |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 kid | punct |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Charlie | Charlie's dad | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | frérot | like our kid | 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: ("Our kid" means my brother.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 kid | punct |
| 3 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 kid | nmod:poss |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 kid | punct |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 brother | nmod:poss |
| 8 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Our kid | my brother | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic |
Sentence 3: Where should Charlie use it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 use | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 use | aux |
| 3 | Charlie | Charlie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 use | nsubj |
| 4 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 use | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 use | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | should | Charlie | kid | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only with grown-ups he doesn't know
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 ups | advmod |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 ups | case |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ups | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 grown | punct |
| 5 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 know | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 know | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 know | advmod |
| 9 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ups | acl:relcl |
| # | 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 | not know | present · do-support | he | grown ups not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer up=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Chatting with friends, not in written work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chatting | chat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 friends | case |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Chatting | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 work | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 work | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 work | case |
| 7 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 work | amod |
| 8 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Chatting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chat speech: other | gerund | written work | with friends | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with friend=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | write | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
In a letter to the head teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 letter | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 letter | det |
| 3 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 teacher | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teacher | det |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 teacher | compound |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 letter | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
In his French exam answers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 answers | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 answers | nmod:poss |
| 3 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answers | amod |
| 4 | exam | exam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 answers | compound |
| 5 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer | his = he | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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