Test 6 · ★ · Food and drink Ollie says, "I'm eating snails. Me mam'll go mad." ("Me mam" means my mum.) What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie, Me mam · What happens: say, eat, go, mean, be · To what, where: snails, mum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 18 «Food and drink» 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: Ollie says, "I'm eating snails.
nsubj punct punct nsubj aux advcl obj punct root Ollie PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX eating VERB snails NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ollie Ollie 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 eating punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 eating punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 eating nsubj 6 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 eating aux 7 eating eat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 says advcl 8 snails snail NOUN Number=Plur 7 eating obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ollie vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 eat in a quote present · progressive Ollie snails vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snail=Patient
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: Me mam'll go mad."
compound nsubj aux xcomp punct punct root Me PRON mam NOUN 'll AUX go VERB mad ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 mam compound 2 mam mam NOUN Number=Sing 4 go nsubj 3 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 go aux 4 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 mad mad ADJ Degree=Pos 4 go xcomp 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 go punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 4 go punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go future Me mam mad property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: ("Me mam" means my mum.)
punct punct compound nsubj punct nmod:poss obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Me PRON mam NOUN " PUNCT means VERB my PRON mum NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 mam punct 3 Me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 mam compound 4 mam mam NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 mam punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 mum nmod:poss 8 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 6 means obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 mean present Me mam my mum vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Topic
Sentence 4: What is true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
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1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice All French people eat snails every single day
det amod nsubj obj det amod obl:unmarked root All DET French ADJ people NOUN eat VERB snails NOUN every DET single ADJ day NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 All all DET PronType=Tot 3 people det 2 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 3 people amod 3 people people NOUN Number=Plur 4 eat nsubj 4 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 snails snail NOUN Number=Plur 4 eat obj 6 every every DET PronType=Tot 8 day det 7 single single ADJ Degree=Pos 8 day amod 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 4 eat obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat present all French people snails day vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snail=Patient
Option 2 Snails are banned in France
nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl root Snails NOUN are AUX banned VERB in ADP France PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Snails snail NOUN Number=Plur 3 banned nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 banned aux:pass 3 banned ban VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 France case 5 France France PROPN Number=Sing 3 banned obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ban present · passive Snails France vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Snails are a special-occasion dish, not food French kids eat every day
The tree, 13 words nsubj cop det amod punct compound punct advmod conj amod nsubj parataxis det obl:unmarked root Snails NOUN are AUX a DET special ADJ - PUNCT occasion NOUN dish NOUN , PUNCT not PART food NOUN French ADJ kids NOUN eat VERB every DET day NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Snails snail NOUN Number=Plur 7 dish nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 dish cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 dish det 4 special special ADJ Degree=Pos 7 dish amod 5 - - PUNCT _ 4 special punct 6 occasion occasion NOUN Number=Sing 7 dish compound 7 dish dish NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 food punct 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 food advmod 10 food food NOUN Number=Sing 7 dish conj 11 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 12 kids amod 12 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 13 eat nsubj 13 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 dish parataxis 14 every every DET PronType=Tot 15 day det 15 day day NOUN Number=Sing 13 eat obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Snails a special occasion dish and food tree rules 2 eat present French kids day vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Snails are the most common school dinner in France
nsubj cop det advmod amod compound case nmod root Snails NOUN are AUX the DET most ADV common ADJ school NOUN dinner NOUN in ADP France PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Snails snail NOUN Number=Plur 7 dinner nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 dinner cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 dinner det 4 most most ADV Degree=Sup 5 common advmod 5 common common ADJ Degree=Pos 7 dinner amod 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 7 dinner compound 7 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 in in ADP _ 9 France case 9 France France PROPN Number=Sing 7 dinner nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Snails the common school dinner France tree rules
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