Test 9 · My family
Freya's penpal asks if her stepmum is really beautiful. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: penpal, stepmum · What happens: ask, be
This is test 9 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: Freya's penpal asks if her stepmum is really beautiful.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freya | Freya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 penpal | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Freya | case |
| 3 | penpal | penpal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 beautiful | mark |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 stepmum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | stepmum | stepmum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 beautiful | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 beautiful | cop |
| 9 | really | really | ADV | _ | 10 beautiful | advmod |
| 10 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 asks | ccomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Freya's penpal | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | penpal's stepmum | beautiful property | 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
belle-mère means "mum who rings bells"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belle | belle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 mère | punct |
| 3 | mère | mère | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 belle | conj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 mum | punct |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 rings | nsubj |
| 8 | rings | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mum | acl:relcl |
| 9 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rings | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 mum | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | belle and mère | mum | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Topic | ||||
| 2 | ring in a quote | present | mum | bells | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
belle-mère contains belle, which means beautiful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belle | belle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 contains | nsubj |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 mère | punct |
| 3 | mère | mère | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 belle | conj |
| 4 | contains | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | belle | belle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 contains | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 means | nsubj |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 belle | acl:relcl |
| 9 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 means | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | present | belle and mère | belle | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot belle=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | belle | beautiful property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Freya wrote "une jolie mère"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freya | Freya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | nsubj |
| 2 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 mère | punct |
| 4 | une | une | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 mère | dep |
| 5 | jolie | jolie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mère | compound |
| 6 | mère | mère | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wrote | obj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 mère | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | Freya | jolie mère | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mère=Theme |
Option 4
The penpal knows her stepmum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 penpal | det |
| 2 | penpal | penpal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knows | nsubj |
| 3 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 stepmum | nmod:poss |
| 5 | stepmum | stepmum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | the penpal | penpal's stepmum | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer stepmum=Stimulus |
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