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Test 8 · ★★ · At the café: ordering in French

Jack says "Aye, that" to "Des frites et un Coca ?" ("Aye" means yes.) What would have been more polite?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, Aye · What happens: say, mean, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Jack says "Aye, that" to "Des frites et un Coca ?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Aye	punct
4	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	2 says	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Coca	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 Coca	nsubj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 Coca	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	14 Coca	mark
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 frites	punct
10	Des	Des	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 frites	compound
11	frites	frite	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 Coca	nsubj
12	et	et	CCONJ	_	13 un	cc
13	un	un	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 frites	conj
14	Coca	Coca	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Aye	vocative
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Jack						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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: ("Aye" means yes.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Aye	punct
3	Aye	aye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Aye	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 means	obj
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	Aye						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic

Sentence 3: What would have been more polite?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 polite	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 polite	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 polite	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 polite	cop
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 polite	advmod
6	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 polite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would · perfect						polite property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Speak louder and slower in English until he understands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Speak	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 slower	cc
4	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 louder	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 English	case
6	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 slower	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 understands	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 understands	nsubj
9	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Speak	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here					loud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	understand	present	English						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Start with bonjour and try French first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 bonjour	case
3	bonjour	bonjour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Start	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 try	cc
5	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Start	conj
6	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 try	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 try	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	imperative	you not said here					with bonjour	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with bonjour=Subeventuality
2	try	infinitive	you not said here	French				first property	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent french=Eventuality

Option 3

Point at the menu and say nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 menu	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 menu	det
4	menu	menu	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Point	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	infinitive	Point at the menu	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 4

Ask for the manager straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 manager	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 manager	det
4	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					for the manager; away property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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