Test 5 · Pets and animals Lucy says, "French dogs say ouaf ouaf? Sure ours say woof." What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucy, French dogs, ours, truth · What happens: say, be · To what, where: ouaf ouaf, woof · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Lucy says, "French dogs say ouaf ouaf?
nsubj punct punct amod nsubj ccomp compound obj punct root Lucy PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT French ADJ dogs NOUN say VERB ouaf NOUN ouaf NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucy Lucy 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 say punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 say punct 5 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 6 dogs amod 6 dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 7 say nsubj 7 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 8 ouaf ouaf NOUN Number=Sing 9 ouaf compound 9 ouaf ouaf NOUN Number=Sing 7 say obj 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Lucy vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert in a quote present French dogs ouaf ouaf vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ouaf=Topic
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: Sure ours say woof."
discourse nsubj obj punct punct root Sure INTJ ours PRON say VERB woof NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sure sure INTJ _ 3 say discourse 2 ours our PRON Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 say nsubj 3 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 woof woof NOUN Number=Sing 3 say obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 say punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present ours woof vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent woof=Topic
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET 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 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 The French are hearing a different animal
det nsubj aux det amod obj root The DET French ADJ are AUX hearing VERB a DET different ADJ animal 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 4 hearing nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 hearing aux 4 hearing hear VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 animal det 6 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 7 animal amod 7 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 4 hearing obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hear present · progressive the French a different animal vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Only French puppies say ouaf
advmod amod nsubj obj root Only ADV French ADJ puppies NOUN say VERB ouaf NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 3 puppies advmod 2 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 3 puppies amod 3 puppies puppy NOUN Number=Plur 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 ouaf ouaf NOUN Number=Sing 4 say obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present French puppies ouaf vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ouaf=Topic
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Dogs sound the same; the languages write it differently
nsubj det obj punct det nsubj conj obj advmod root Dogs NOUN sound VERB the DET same ADJ ; PUNCT the DET languages NOUN write VERB it PRON differently ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 2 sound nsubj 2 sound sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 same det 4 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 2 sound obj 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 write punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 languages det 7 languages language NOUN Number=Plur 8 write nsubj 8 write write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 sound conj 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 write obj 10 differently differently ADV _ 8 write advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sound present Dogs the same vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location same=Theme 2 write present the languages it differently property vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Option 4 French dogs really make a different noise
amod nsubj advmod det amod obj root French ADJ dogs NOUN really ADV make VERB a DET different ADJ noise NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 2 dogs amod 2 dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 4 make nsubj 3 really really ADV _ 4 make advmod 4 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 noise det 6 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 7 noise amod 7 noise noise NOUN Number=Sing 4 make obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present French dogs a different noise vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product
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