Test 9 · The body Daniel says "Is his head in the clouds? That's boss." ("Boss" means great.) What does his French friend mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Daniel, Boss, French friend · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: head, clouds, boss · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Daniel says "Is his head in the clouds?
nsubj punct cop nmod:poss nsubj case det nmod punct root Daniel PROPN says VERB " PUNCT Is AUX his PRON head NOUN in ADP the DET clouds NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Daniel Daniel PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 head punct 4 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 head cop 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 head nmod:poss 6 head head NOUN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 7 in in ADP _ 9 clouds case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 clouds det 9 clouds cloud NOUN Number=Plur 6 head nmod 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 says punct
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1 say speech: ask present Daniel vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present Daniel's head the clouds 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: That's boss."
det cop punct punct root That DET 's AUX boss NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 boss det 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 boss cop 3 boss boss NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 boss punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 boss punct
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1 is a present that boss tree rules
Sentence 3: ("Boss" means great.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Boss NOUN " PUNCT means VERB great ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Boss punct 3 Boss boss NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Boss punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
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1 mean present Boss great property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What does his French friend mean?
obj aux nmod:poss amod nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX his PRON French ADJ friend NOUN mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 6 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 mean aux 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 friend nmod:poss 4 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 5 friend amod 5 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 6 mean nsubj 6 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 mean punct
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1 mean present · do-support boss's French friend vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He is feeling ill
nsubj aux xcomp root He PRON is AUX feeling VERB ill ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 feeling nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 feeling aux 3 feeling feel VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 ill ill ADJ Degree=Pos 3 feeling xcomp
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1 feel present · progressive He ill property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 2 He is very clever
nsubj cop advmod root He PRON is AUX very ADV clever ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 clever nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 clever cop 3 very very ADV _ 4 clever advmod 4 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos root root
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1 is present He clever property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer He is daydreaming
nsubj aux root He PRON is AUX daydreaming VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 daydreaming nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 daydreaming aux 3 daydreaming daydream VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root
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1 daydream present · progressive He vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
Option 4 He is on a plane
nsubj cop case det root He PRON is AUX on ADP a DET plane NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 plane nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 plane cop 3 on on ADP _ 5 plane case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 plane det 5 plane plane NOUN Number=Sing root root
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1 is present He a plane tree rules
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