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Test 1 · ★★ · At the café: ordering in French

Jayden's mum is mortified ("mortified" means terribly embarrassed) when he shouts "Garçon !" Why?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jayden · What happens: mortify, mean, shout · To what, where: mum, Garçon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 19 «At the café: ordering in French» 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: Jayden's mum is mortified ("mortified" means terribly embarrassed) when he shouts "Garçon !"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jayden	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mortified	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mortified	aux:pass
5	mortified	mortify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 mortified	punct
8	mortified	mortify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 means	nsubj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 mortified	punct
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mortified	parataxis
11	terribly	terribly	ADV	_	12 embarrassed	advmod
12	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 means	xcomp
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct
14	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 shouts	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 shouts	nsubj
16	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mortified	advcl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 Garçon	punct
18	Garçon	Garçon	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 shouts	obj
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 Garçon	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 Garçon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mortify	present · passive		Jayden's mum					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	mortify in a quote	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	mean	present						embarrassed property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	shout speech: express	present	Jayden	Garçon					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garçon=Topic

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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Garçon is a bad swear word in French

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Garçon	Garçon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
4	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
5	swear	swear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	compound
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 French	case
8	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Garçon	a bad swear word		French			tree rules

Option 2

Waiters in Paris only answer in English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waiters	waiter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 answer	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Paris	case
3	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Waiters	nmod
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 answer	advmod
5	answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 English	case
7	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 answer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	infinitive	Waiters in Paris			English			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The waiter was a girl, so it should be garçonne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waiter	det
2	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 garçonne	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 garçonne	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 garçonne	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 garçonne	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 garçonne	cop
11	garçonne	garçonne	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the waiter	a girl and garçonne					tree rules
2	is a	should	it	garçonne					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Calling a waiter garçon is old-fashioned and rude today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 fashioned	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 garçon	det
3	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 garçon	compound
4	garçon	garçon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fashioned	cop
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fashioned	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 old	punct
8	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rude	cc
10	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fashioned	conj
11	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fashioned	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		a waiter garçon					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent garçon=Recipient
2	is	present	Calling				today	fashioned property	tree rules
3	be		Calling not said here						tree rules

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