Test 1 · Pets and animals
The class falls about when Ollie says "Mon chat est un chien." Which tip helps?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: class, Ollie, Mon, tip · What happens: fall about, say, chien, help · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 15 «Pets and animals» 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: The class falls about when Ollie says "Mon chat est un chien."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 class | det |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 falls | nsubj |
| 3 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADV | _ | 3 falls | advmod |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 says | advmod |
| 6 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 falls | advcl |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Mon | punct |
| 9 | Mon | mon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 chien | nsubj |
| 10 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 est | compound |
| 11 | est | est | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Mon | conj |
| 12 | un | un | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 chien | compound |
| 13 | chien | chien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | ccomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 falls | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 falls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall about | present | the class | about property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Ollie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | chien in a quote | Mon and chat est | 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: Which tip helps?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 tip | det |
| 2 | tip | tip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 helps | nsubj |
| 3 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | which tip | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say them in pairs with pictures: chien, dog; chat, cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Say | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 pairs | case |
| 4 | pairs | pair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Say | obl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 pictures | case |
| 6 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pairs | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 chien | punct |
| 8 | chien | chien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dog | punct |
| 10 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chien | conj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 chat | punct |
| 12 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chien | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cat | punct |
| 14 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chien | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | them = they | pairs with pictures | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent they=Theme in pair=Manner |
Option 2
Never talk about pets in French
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 talk | advmod |
| 2 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 pets | case |
| 4 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 talk | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 French | case |
| 6 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not talk | imperative | you not said here | French | about pets | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about pet=Topic |
Option 3
Always say chat when you mean any pet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 2 say | advmod |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 say | obj |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 mean | advmod |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 say | advcl |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 pet | det |
| 8 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | chat | always property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chat=Topic | |||
| 2 | mean | present | you | any pet | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Topic |
Option 4
Use the English words, they're easier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 words | det |
| 3 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 words | amod |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Use | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 easier | punct |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 easier | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 easier | cop |
| 8 | easier | easy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Use | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | the English words | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | words = word | easy property | tree rules |
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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