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Test 1 · The body

Archie's mate laughs, "Ey up, wrong bit," when Archie touches his knee. ("Ey up" means hey.) What would happen if the leader didn't say Jacques a dit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Archie, Ey, leader · What happens: laugh, touch, mean, happen, not say · To what, where: Ey, knee, Jacques · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 16 «The body» 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: Archie's mate laughs, "Ey up, wrong bit," when Archie touches his knee.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Archie	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughs	nsubj
4	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Ey	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Ey	punct
7	Ey	Ey	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 laughs	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 Ey	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bit	punct
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bit	amod
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Ey	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 touches	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 touches	punct
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 touches	advmod
15	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 touches	nsubj
16	touches	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 laughs	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 knee	nmod:poss
18	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 touches	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 laughs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	Archie's mate	Ey					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ey=Theme
2	touch	present	Archie	Archie's knee					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme knee=Co-Theme

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: ("Ey up" means hey.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Ey	punct
3	Ey	Ey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 Ey	compound:prt
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Ey	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	hey	hey	INTJ	_	6 means	discourse
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Ey						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What would happen if the leader didn't say Jacques a dit?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 say	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 leader	det
6	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 say	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 say	advmod
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 happen	advcl
10	Jacques	Jacques	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 say	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dit	det
12	dit	dit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past · do-support	the leader	Jacques					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent jacques=Theme dit=Manner

The options

Option 1

You touch your head anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 touch	nsubj
2	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touch	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	2 touch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	present	You	your head				anyway property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Co-Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You should not move at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 move	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 move	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 move	advmod
4	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not move	should	You			all			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

You touch your knee instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 touch	nsubj
2	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 knee	nmod:poss
4	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 touch	obj
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 touch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	present	You	your knee				instead property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme knee=Co-Theme

Option 4

You must sing a song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 sing	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sing	aux
3	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 song	det
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	must	You	a song					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

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