Test 2 · Pets and animals Amira says writing le hamster is "dead weird". ("Dead" means very.) What is going on?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Amira, writing · What happens: say, write, be, mean, go on · To what, where: le hamster · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: Amira says writing le hamster is "dead weird".
nsubj csubj compound obj cop punct advmod ccomp punct punct root Amira PROPN says VERB writing VERB le NOUN hamster NOUN is AUX " PUNCT dead ADJ weird ADJ " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Amira Amira PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 writing write VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 weird csubj 4 le le NOUN Number=Sing 5 hamster compound 5 hamster hamster NOUN Number=Sing 3 writing obj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 weird cop 7 " " PUNCT _ 9 weird punct 8 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 9 weird advmod 9 weird weird ADJ Degree=Pos 2 says ccomp 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 weird punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Amira vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 write gerund le hamster vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hamster=Theme 3 is in a quote present writing weird 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: ("Dead" means very.)
punct punct csubj punct advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Dead ADJ " PUNCT means VERB very ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Dead punct 3 Dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means csubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Dead punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 very very ADV _ 5 means advmod 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 vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is going on?
nsubj aux compound:prt punct root What PRON is AUX going VERB on ADP ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 going nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 going aux 3 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 on on ADP _ 3 going compound:prt 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 going punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go on present · progressive vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 The h is said with a big puff
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det amod obl root The DET h NOUN is AUX said VERB with ADP a DET big ADJ puff NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 h det 2 h H NOUN Number=Sing 4 said nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 said aux:pass 4 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 with with ADP _ 8 puff case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 puff det 7 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 8 puff amod 8 puff puff NOUN Number=Sing 4 said obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive the h with a big puff vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with puff=Manner
Option 2 hamster is a feminine word
nsubj cop det amod root hamster NOUN is AUX a DET feminine ADJ word NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 hamster hamster NOUN Number=Sing 5 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 word cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 word det 4 feminine feminine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 word amod 5 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present hamster a feminine word tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer A few h words act as if they began with a consonant
det amod compound nsubj mark mark nsubj advcl case det obl root A DET few ADJ h NOUN words NOUN act VERB as SCONJ if SCONJ they PRON began VERB with ADP a DET consonant NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 words det 2 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 4 words amod 3 h H NOUN Number=Sing 4 words compound 4 words word NOUN Number=Plur 5 act nsubj 5 act act VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 as as SCONJ _ 9 began mark 7 if if SCONJ _ 9 began mark 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 began nsubj 9 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 act advcl 10 with with ADP _ 12 consonant case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 consonant det 12 consonant consonant NOUN Number=Sing 9 began obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 act present a few h words vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 begin past words = word with a consonant vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with consonant=Subeventuality
Option 4 hamster is an English word, so it takes le
nsubj cop det amod punct advmod nsubj conj obj root hamster NOUN is AUX an DET English ADJ word NOUN , PUNCT so ADV it PRON takes VERB le NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 hamster hamster NOUN Number=Sing 5 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 word cop 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 word det 4 English English ADJ Degree=Pos 5 word amod 5 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 takes punct 7 so so ADV _ 9 takes advmod 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 takes nsubj 9 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 word conj 10 le le NOUN Number=Sing 9 takes obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present hamster a English word tree rules 2 take present it le vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent le=Theme
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