Test 2 · ★ · Clothes
Poppy's gran smiles at un pull, "like we used to say". What's the story of the word?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gran, we, story · What happens: smile, use, say, be · To what, where: pull · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 17 «Clothes» 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: Poppy's gran smiles at un pull, "like we used to say".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poppy | Poppy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gran | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Poppy | case |
| 3 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smiles | nsubj |
| 4 | smiles | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 pull | case |
| 6 | un | un | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pull | det |
| 7 | pull | pull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smiles | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 used | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 used | punct |
| 10 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 12 used | mark |
| 11 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 used | nsubj |
| 12 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 smiles | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 say | mark |
| 14 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 used | xcomp |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 used | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 smiles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | present | Poppy's gran | un pull | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | use in a quote | past | we | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | to-infinitive | we not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: What's the story of the word?
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 story | det |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 word | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 story | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the story of the word | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It means "pool" because jumpers get wet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 pool | punct |
| 4 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 pool | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 7 | jumpers | jumper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 get | nsubj |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | advcl |
| 9 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | pool | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pool=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get | present | jumpers | wet property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It was borrowed from English pullover and shortened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 borrowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 borrowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 pullover | case |
| 5 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pullover | amod |
| 6 | pullover | pullover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borrowed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 shortened | cc |
| 8 | shortened | shorten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 borrowed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | past · passive | It | English pullover | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from pullover=Source | ||||
| 2 | shorten | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
It comes from the old French word for sheep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 word | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 6 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 sheep | case |
| 9 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | It | the old French word for sheep | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from word=Initial_Location |
Option 4
It comes from pulling a jumper over your head in a race
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 4 pulling | mark |
| 4 | pulling | pull | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 comes | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 jumper | det |
| 6 | jumper | jumper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulling | obj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 head | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 head | nmod:poss |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulling | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 race | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 race | det |
| 12 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | It | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pull | gerund | a jumper | your head | in a race | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jumper=Theme |
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