Test 8 · ★ · Clothes
Leo says, "That's two letters for one mistake, tamping." ("Tamping" means fuming.) Why both e and s on noires?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, That, Tamping · What happens: say, be, mean, fume · To what, where: two letters · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Leo says, "That's two letters for one mistake, tamping."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 letters | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 letters | punct |
| 5 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 letters | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 letters | cop |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 letters | nummod |
| 8 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 mistake | case |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 mistake | nummod |
| 11 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 letters | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 tamping | punct |
| 13 | tamping | tamping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mistake | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Leo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | That | two letters | for one mistake and tamping | 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: ("Tamping" means fuming.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Tamping | punct |
| 3 | Tamping | tamping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Tamping | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | fuming | fume | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 means | xcomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Tamping | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | fume not said to happen | gerund | Tamping not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Sentence 3: Why both e and s on noires?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 e | det |
| 3 | e | e | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 s | cc |
| 5 | s | s | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 e | conj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 noires | case |
| 7 | noires | noire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 e | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
French always adds es to colours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 adds | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 adds | advmod |
| 3 | adds | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | es | e | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 adds | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 colours | case |
| 6 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 adds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | French | es | to colours; always property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent e=Patient to colour=Co-Patient |
Option 2
The teacher added letters to be fussy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 added | nsubj |
| 3 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 added | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fussy | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 fussy | cop |
| 7 | fussy | fussy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 added | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | past | the teacher | letters | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | the teacher not said here | fussy property | tree rules |
Option 3
noires is a different colour from noir
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | noires | noires | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 colour | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 colour | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 colour | det |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 colour | amod |
| 5 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 noir | case |
| 7 | noir | noir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 colour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | noires | a different colour | noir | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
chaussures is feminine and plural
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chaussures | chaussure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 feminine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 feminine | cop |
| 3 | feminine | feminine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 plural | cc |
| 5 | plural | plural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feminine | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | chaussures | feminine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | chaussures not said here | tree rules |
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