Test 9 · Pets and animals Sam's mate goes, "Howay, man," when Sam reads souris as "soo-riss, like a mouse in a sauce". ("Howay, man" means come on.) What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Sam, man · What happens: go, read, mean, come on, be · To what, where: Howay, souris · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Sam's mate goes, "Howay, man," when Sam reads souris as "soo-riss, like a mouse in a sauce".
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct obl punct appos punct punct mark nsubj advcl obj case punct advmod punct obl punct case det parataxis case det nmod punct punct root Sam PROPN 's PART mate NOUN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Howay PROPN , PUNCT man NOUN , PUNCT " PUNCT when SCONJ Sam PROPN reads VERB souris X as ADP " PUNCT soo ADV - PUNCT riss NOUN , PUNCT like ADP a DET mouse NOUN in ADP a DET sauce NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Sam case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes nsubj 4 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Howay punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 Howay punct 7 Howay Howay PROPN Number=Sing 4 goes obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 man punct 9 man man NOUN Number=Sing 7 Howay appos 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 man punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 man punct 12 when when SCONJ _ 14 reads mark 13 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 14 reads nsubj 14 reads read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 goes advcl 15 souris souris X Foreign=Yes 14 reads obj 16 as as ADP _ 20 riss case 17 " " PUNCT _ 20 riss punct 18 soo so ADV _ 20 riss advmod 19 - - PUNCT _ 18 soo punct 20 riss riss NOUN Number=Sing 14 reads obl 21 , , PUNCT _ 24 mouse punct 22 like like ADP _ 24 mouse case 23 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 24 mouse det 24 mouse mouse NOUN Number=Sing 14 reads parataxis 25 in in ADP _ 27 sauce case 26 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 27 sauce det 27 sauce sauce NOUN Number=Sing 24 mouse nmod 28 " " PUNCT _ 24 mouse punct 29 . . PUNCT _ 4 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Sam's mate Howay vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 read present Sam souris as riss 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: ("Howay, man" means come on.)
punct punct obl punct nsubj punct ccomp advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Howay PROPN , PUNCT man NOUN " PUNCT means VERB come VERB on ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Howay punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Howay punct 3 Howay Howay PROPN Number=Sing 7 means obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 man punct 5 man man NOUN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 man punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 means ccomp 9 on on ADV _ 8 come advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present man Howay vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 come on infinitive vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What's wrong?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Nothing, he said it right, the s is always said
nsubj punct nsubj obj xcomp punct det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod conj root Nothing PRON , PUNCT he PRON said VERB it PRON right ADJ , PUNCT the DET s NOUN is AUX always ADV said VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 said nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nothing punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 said nsubj 4 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 said obj 6 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 4 said xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 said punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 s det 9 s s NOUN Number=Sing 12 said nsubj:pass 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 said aux:pass 11 always always ADV PronType=Tot 12 said advmod 12 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 said conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past Nothing it right property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic 2 say speech: assert present · passive the s always property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
Option 2 The word is said "SAW-ris"
det nsubj:pass aux:pass punct compound punct ccomp punct root The DET word NOUN is AUX said VERB " PUNCT SAW NOUN - PUNCT ris NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 word det 2 word word 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 " " PUNCT _ 8 ris punct 6 SAW saw NOUN Number=Sing 8 ris compound 7 - - PUNCT _ 8 ris punct 8 ris ris NOUN Number=Sing 4 said ccomp 9 " " PUNCT _ 8 ris punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive the word vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer The final s is silent: "soo-REE"
det amod nsubj cop punct punct advmod punct parataxis punct root The DET final ADJ s NOUN is AUX silent ADJ : PUNCT " PUNCT soo ADV - PUNCT REE NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 s det 2 final final ADJ Degree=Pos 3 s amod 3 s s NOUN Number=Sing 5 silent nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 silent cop 5 silent silent ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 : : PUNCT _ 5 silent punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 10 REE punct 8 soo so ADV _ 10 REE advmod 9 - - PUNCT _ 8 soo punct 10 REE ree NOUN Number=Sing 5 silent parataxis 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 REE punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the final s silent property tree rules
Option 4 The ou says "ow": "sow-REE"
det nsubj punct obj punct punct punct compound punct ccomp punct root The DET ou X says VERB " PUNCT ow NOUN " PUNCT : PUNCT " PUNCT sow NOUN - PUNCT REE NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ou det 2 ou ou X Foreign=Yes 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 ow punct 5 ow ow NOUN Number=Sing 3 says obj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 ow punct 7 : : PUNCT _ 11 REE punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 11 REE punct 9 sow sow NOUN Number=Sing 11 REE compound 10 - - PUNCT _ 9 sow punct 11 REE ree NOUN Number=Sing 3 says ccomp 12 " " PUNCT _ 11 REE punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present the ou ow vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ow=Topic
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