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Test 4 · ★ · Clothes

Ethan says, "Hats are boys? Bummer." ("Bummer" means what a shame.) Which tip helps guess the gender?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ethan, Hats, Bummer, tip · What happens: say, be, mean, shame, help, guess · To what, where: boys, gender · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Ethan says, "Hats are boys?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethan	Ethan	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 boys	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 boys	punct
5	Hats	hat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 boys	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 boys	cop
7	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	ccomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Ethan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	Hats	boys					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: Bummer."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Bummer	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Bummer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: ("Bummer" means what a shame.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bummer	punct
3	Bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bummer	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 shame	nsubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shame	det
8	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

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

Sentence 4: Which tip helps guess the gender?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 tip	det
2	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	nsubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helps	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gender	det
6	gender	gender	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guess	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	which tip						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	guess	infinitive	which tip not said here	the gender					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gender=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Every hat in French is feminine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 hat	det
2	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feminine	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 French	case
4	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hat	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 feminine	cop
6	feminine	feminine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	every hat in French					feminine property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

-eau words are almost always masculine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 words	punct
2	eau	eau	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 words	compound
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 masculine	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 masculine	cop
5	almost	almost	ADV	_	6 always	advmod
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 masculine	advmod
7	masculine	masculine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	eau words					always, masculine property	tree rules

Option 3

Clothes for boys are masculine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 masculine	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 boys	case
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Clothes	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 masculine	cop
5	masculine	masculine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Clothes for boys					masculine property	tree rules

Option 4

Long words are always feminine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 words	amod
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feminine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feminine	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 feminine	advmod
5	feminine	feminine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Long words					always, feminine property	tree rules

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