Test 11 · Pets and animals Leo says, "An Indian pig? That's not a guinea pig, mate!" What's the funny truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, That, funny truth · What happens: say, not be, be · To what, where: guinea pig · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: Leo says, "An Indian pig?
nsubj punct punct det amod ccomp punct root Leo PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT An DET Indian ADJ pig NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 7 pig punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 pig punct 5 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 pig det 6 Indian Indian ADJ Degree=Pos 7 pig amod 7 pig pig NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Leo vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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: That's not a guinea pig, mate!"
nsubj cop advmod det compound punct vocative punct punct root That PRON 's AUX not PART a DET guinea NOUN pig NOUN , PUNCT mate NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 pig nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 pig cop 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 pig advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 pig det 5 guinea guinea NOUN Number=Sing 6 pig compound 6 pig pig NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 mate punct 8 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 6 pig vocative 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 6 pig punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 6 pig punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is a present That a guinea pig mate vocative tree rules
Sentence 3: What's the funny truth?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET funny ADJ truth NOUN ? PUNCT 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 5 truth det 4 funny funny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 truth amod 5 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the funny truth tree rules
The options Option 1 Guinea pigs come from India, so the French are right
compound nsubj case obl punct advmod det conj cop xcomp root Guinea NOUN pigs NOUN come VERB from ADP India PROPN , PUNCT so ADV the DET French ADJ are AUX right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Guinea guinea NOUN Number=Sing 2 pigs compound 2 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 3 come nsubj 3 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 from from ADP _ 5 India case 5 India India PROPN Number=Sing 3 come obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 French punct 7 so so ADV _ 9 French advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 French det 9 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 3 come conj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 French cop 11 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 3 come xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come present Guinea pigs India right property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from india=Initial_Location 2 is present Guinea pigs not said here french property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer English calls them guinea pigs though they aren't pigs or from Guinea
nsubj obj compound obj mark nsubj cop advmod xcomp cc case conj root English PROPN calls VERB them PRON guinea NOUN pigs NOUN though SCONJ they PRON are AUX n't PART pigs NOUN or CCONJ from ADP Guinea PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 English English PROPN Number=Sing 2 calls nsubj 2 calls call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 calls obj 4 guinea guinea NOUN Number=Sing 5 pigs compound 5 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 2 calls obj 6 though though SCONJ _ 10 pigs mark 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 pigs nsubj 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 pigs cop 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 pigs advmod 10 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 2 calls xcomp 11 or or CCONJ _ 13 Guinea cc 12 from from ADP _ 13 Guinea case 13 Guinea Guinea PROPN Number=Sing 10 pigs conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 call present English them = they vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme pig=Result 2 not is a present pigs = pig pigs or Guinea tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice The French word means "pig of the night"
det amod nsubj punct obj case det nmod punct root The DET French ADJ word NOUN means VERB " PUNCT pig NOUN of ADP the DET night NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 word det 2 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 3 word amod 3 word word NOUN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 pig punct 6 pig pig NOUN Number=Sing 4 means obj 7 of of ADP _ 9 night case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 night det 9 night night NOUN Number=Sing 6 pig nmod 10 " " PUNCT _ 6 pig punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present the French word pig of the night vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Topic
Option 4 The French call them Indian pigs because they really are pigs
det nsubj obj amod obj mark nsubj advmod advcl nsubj root The DET French ADJ call VERB them PRON Indian ADJ pigs NOUN because SCONJ they PRON really ADV are VERB pigs NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 French det 2 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 3 call nsubj 3 call call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 call obj 5 Indian Indian ADJ Degree=Pos 6 pigs amod 6 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 3 call obj 7 because because SCONJ _ 10 are mark 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 are nsubj 9 really really ADV _ 10 are advmod 10 are be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 call advcl 11 pigs pig NOUN Number=Plur 10 are nsubj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 call present the French them = they vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme pig=Result 2 does present pigs = pig vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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