Test 11 · My family
Grace in Toronto asks, "Eh, is that a typo?" about œ in sœur. What's the answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grace, answer · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: Eh, typo · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: Grace in Toronto asks, "Eh, is that a typo?" about œ in sœur.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Toronto | case |
| 3 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Grace | nmod |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Eh | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Eh | punct |
| 7 | Eh | Eh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 typo | punct |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 typo | cop |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 typo | mark |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 typo | det |
| 12 | typo | typo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 typo | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 typo | punct |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 œ | case |
| 16 | œ | œ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 typo | nmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 sœur | case |
| 18 | sœur | sœur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 œ | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Grace in Toronto | Eh | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent eh=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | a typo | about œ in sœur | 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: What's the answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, it should be written "sur"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 written | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 written | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 written | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 written | aux:pass |
| 6 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 sur | punct |
| 8 | sur | sur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 written | obl |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 sur | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | should · passive | it | sur obl | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, the o and e were glued together by mistake when typing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 glued | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 o | det |
| 4 | o | o | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 glued | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 e | cc |
| 6 | e | e | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 o | conj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 glued | aux:pass |
| 8 | glued | glue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 glued | advmod |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 mistake | case |
| 11 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 glued | obl |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 typing | advmod |
| 13 | typing | type | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 glued | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glue | past · passive | mistake | the o and e | together property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | type | gerund | mistake not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, œ is an emoji
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 emoji | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | œ | œ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 emoji | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 emoji | cop |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 emoji | det |
| 6 | emoji | emoji | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | œ | a emoji | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, œ is a real French letter made of o and e
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 letter | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | œ | œ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 letter | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 letter | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 letter | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 letter | amod |
| 7 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 letter | amod |
| 8 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 letter | acl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 o | case |
| 11 | o | o | NOUN | _ | 9 made | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 e | cc |
| 13 | e | e | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 o | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | œ | a real French letter | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | participle | a real French letter not said here | of o and e | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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