Test 9 · ★ · Clothes
Aisha texts home, "She's bossing me about my coat." What does Mets ton manteau ! mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aisha · What happens: text, boss, ton, mean · To what, where: me, manteau
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Aisha texts home, "She's bossing me about my coat."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aisha | Aisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 texts | nsubj |
| 2 | texts | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 texts | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bossing | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 bossing | punct |
| 6 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bossing | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 bossing | aux |
| 8 | bossing | boss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 texts | advcl |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 bossing | obj |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 coat | case |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 coat | nmod:poss |
| 12 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bossing | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 texts | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 texts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | Aisha | home property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | boss in a quote | present · progressive | Aisha | me | about my coat | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary |
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 does Mets ton manteau ! mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 ton | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ton | aux |
| 3 | Mets | Mets | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 ton | dep |
| 4 | ton | ton | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | manteau | manteau | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ton | obj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 ton | punct |
| 7 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ton | xcomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 ton | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ton | present · do-support | manteau | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mean | infinitive | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Sell your coat!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sell | sell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 coat | nmod:poss |
| 3 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sell | obj |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | imperative | you not said here | your coat | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
Option 2
Your coat is dirty!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 coat | nmod:poss |
| 2 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dirty | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dirty | cop |
| 4 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 dirty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your coat | dirty property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Put your coat on!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 coat | nmod:poss |
| 3 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Put | compound:prt |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put on | imperative | you not said here | your coat | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent coat=Goal |
Option 4
Your coat is too big!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 coat | nmod:poss |
| 2 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 big | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 big | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 big | advmod |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 big | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your coat | big property | tree rules |
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