Test 8 · My family Harvey moans, "Tamping, all them silent letters!" ("Tamping" means fuming.) What is odd about fils?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harvey, all, Tamping · What happens: moan, letter, mean, fume, be · To what, where: Tamping · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Harvey moans, "Tamping, all them silent letters!"
nsubj punct punct obl punct nsubj nmod amod parataxis punct punct root Harvey PROPN moans VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Tamping NOUN , PUNCT all DET them PRON silent ADJ letters NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Harvey Harvey PROPN Number=Sing 2 moans nsubj 2 moans moan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 Tamping punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 Tamping punct 5 Tamping tamping NOUN Number=Sing 2 moans obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 letters punct 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 10 letters nsubj 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 all nmod 9 silent silent ADJ Degree=Pos 10 letters amod 10 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 2 moans parataxis 11 ! ! PUNCT _ 10 letters punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 2 moans punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 moan present Harvey Tamping vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 letter in a quote all 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: ("Tamping" means fuming.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Tamping NOUN " PUNCT means VERB fuming VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Tamping punct 3 Tamping tamping NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Tamping punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 fuming fume VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Tamping vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 fume not said to happen gerund Tamping not said here vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What is odd about fils?
nsubj cop case obl punct root What PRON is AUX odd ADJ about ADP fils NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 odd nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 odd cop 3 odd odd ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 about about ADP _ 5 fils case 5 fils fil NOUN Number=Plur 3 odd obl 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 odd punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present about fils; odd property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer The l is silent and the s is said
det nsubj cop cc det nsubj:pass aux:pass conj root The DET l NOUN is AUX silent ADJ and CCONJ the DET s NOUN is AUX said VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 l det 2 l l NOUN Number=Sing 4 silent nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 silent cop 4 silent silent ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 9 said cc 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 s det 7 s s NOUN Number=Sing 9 said nsubj:pass 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 said aux:pass 9 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 silent conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the l silent property tree rules 2 say speech: assert present · passive the s vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
Option 2 Only the f is said
advmod det nsubj:pass aux:pass root Only ADV the DET f NOUN is AUX said VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 3 f advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 f det 3 f f NOUN Number=Sing 5 said nsubj:pass 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 said aux:pass 5 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive the f vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
Option 3 Both the l and s are silent, like in many French words
cc:preconj det nsubj cc conj cop punct case case amod amod obl root Both CCONJ the DET l NOUN and CCONJ s NOUN are AUX silent ADJ , PUNCT like ADP in ADP many ADJ French ADJ words NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both CCONJ _ 3 l cc:preconj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 l det 3 l l NOUN Number=Sing 7 silent nsubj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 s cc 5 s s NOUN Number=Sing 3 l conj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 silent cop 7 silent silent ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 13 words punct 9 like like ADP _ 13 words case 10 in in ADP _ 13 words case 11 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 13 words amod 12 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 13 words amod 13 words word NOUN Number=Plur 7 silent obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the l and s like many French words; silent property tree rules
Option 4 Both the l and s are said
cc:preconj det nsubj:pass cc conj aux:pass root Both CCONJ the DET l NOUN and CCONJ s NOUN are AUX said VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both CCONJ _ 3 l cc:preconj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 l det 3 l l NOUN Number=Sing 7 said nsubj:pass 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 s cc 5 s s NOUN Number=Sing 3 l conj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 said aux:pass 7 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive the l and s vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
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