Test 5 · ★★ · At the café: ordering in French Riley says, "Do they forget us? Heaps slow." ("Heaps" means very.) What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Riley, they, Heaps, truth · What happens: say, forget, slow, mean, be · To what, where: us · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Riley says, "Do they forget us?
nsubj punct punct aux nsubj ccomp obj punct root Riley PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Do AUX they PRON forget VERB us PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Riley Riley 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 forget punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 forget punct 5 Do do AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 forget aux 6 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 forget nsubj 7 forget forget VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 says ccomp 8 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 forget obj 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Riley vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 forget in a quote infinitive · do-support they us 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: Heaps slow."
nsubj punct punct root Heaps NOUN slow VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Heaps heap NOUN Number=Plur 2 slow nsubj 2 slow slow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 . . PUNCT _ 2 slow punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 2 slow punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slow present Heaps vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Sentence 3: ("Heaps" means very.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Heaps NOUN " PUNCT means VERB very ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Heaps punct 3 Heaps heap NOUN Number=Plur 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Heaps punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 very very ADV _ 5 means advmod 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 Heaps vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice French waiters are always very rude to tourists from abroad
amod nsubj cop advmod advmod case obl case obl root French ADJ waiters NOUN are AUX always ADV very ADV rude ADJ to ADP tourists NOUN from ADP abroad ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 2 waiters amod 2 waiters waiter NOUN Number=Plur 6 rude nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 rude cop 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 rude advmod 5 very very ADV _ 6 rude advmod 6 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 to to ADP _ 8 tourists case 8 tourists tourist NOUN Number=Plur 6 rude obl 9 from from ADP _ 10 abroad case 10 abroad abroad ADV _ 6 rude obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present French waiters to tourists; always, rude property tree rules
Option 2 The café has closed but nobody told them
det nsubj:pass aux cc nsubj conj iobj root The DET café NOUN has AUX closed VERB but CCONJ nobody PRON told VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 café det 2 café café NOUN Number=Sing 4 closed nsubj:pass 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 closed aux 4 closed close VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 but but CCONJ _ 7 told cc 6 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 told nsubj 7 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 closed conj 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 told iobj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 close present · perfect · passive the café vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 2 tell speech: assert past nobody them = they vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
Option 3 The bill is always free for children
det nsubj cop advmod case obl root The DET bill NOUN is AUX always ADV free ADJ for ADP children NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bill det 2 bill bill NOUN Number=Sing 5 free nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 free cop 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 free advmod 5 free free ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 for for ADP _ 7 children case 7 children child NOUN Number=Plur 5 free obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the bill for children; always, free property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Waiters wait until you ask for l'addition
nsubj mark nsubj advcl case obl root Waiters NOUN wait VERB until SCONJ you PRON ask VERB for ADP l'addition NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Waiters waiter NOUN Number=Plur 2 wait nsubj 2 wait wait VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 until until SCONJ _ 5 ask mark 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 ask nsubj 5 ask ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 wait advcl 6 for for ADP _ 7 l'addition case 7 l'addition l'addition NOUN Number=Sing 5 ask obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait present Waiters vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 ask speech: ask present you for l'addition vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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