Test 1 · ★ · Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u Harry in Swansea moans, "That's tamping, I can't say bon." ("Tamping" means fuming.) What tip would help?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Harry, I, Tamping, tip · What happens: moan, be, not say, mean, fume, help · To what, where: tamping, bon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» 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: Harry in Swansea moans, "That's tamping, I can't say bon."
nsubj case nmod punct punct det cop obl punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis obj punct punct root Harry PROPN in ADP Swansea PROPN moans VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT That DET 's AUX tamping NOUN , PUNCT I PRON ca AUX n't PART say VERB bon NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Harry Harry PROPN Number=Sing 4 moans nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 Swansea case 3 Swansea Swansea PROPN Number=Sing 1 Harry nmod 4 moans moan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 tamping punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 tamping punct 7 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 tamping det 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 tamping cop 9 tamping tamping NOUN Number=Sing 4 moans obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 say punct 11 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 14 say nsubj 12 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 say aux 13 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 14 say advmod 14 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 moans parataxis 15 bon bon NOUN Number=Sing 14 say obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 moans punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 4 moans punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 moan present Harry in Swansea vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is a in a quote present that tamping tree rules 3 not say speech: assert in a quote can I bon vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bon=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: ("Tamping" means fuming.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Tamping NOUN " PUNCT means VERB fuming VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Tamping punct 3 Tamping tamping NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Tamping punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 fuming fume VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 means xcomp 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 Tamping vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 fume not said to happen gerund Tamping not said here vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What tip would help?
det nsubj aux punct root What DET tip NOUN would AUX help VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what DET PronType=Int 2 tip det 2 tip tip NOUN Number=Sing 4 help nsubj 3 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 help aux 4 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 help punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help would what tip vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 Add an e at the end: "bonnay"
det obj case det obl punct punct parataxis punct root Add VERB an DET e NOUN at ADP the DET end NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT bonnay NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Add add VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 e det 3 e e NOUN Number=Sing 1 Add obj 4 at at ADP _ 6 end case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 end det 6 end end NOUN Number=Sing 1 Add obl 7 : : PUNCT _ 9 bonnay punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 bonnay punct 9 bonnay bonnay NOUN Number=Sing 1 Add parataxis 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 bonnay punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert imperative you not said here a e at the end tree rules
Option 2 Say the n twice as loud as normal
det obj advmod advmod ccomp case obl root Say VERB the DET n NOUN twice ADV as ADV loud ADJ as ADP normal ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 n det 3 n n NOUN Number=Sing 1 Say obj 4 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 6 loud advmod 5 as as ADV _ 6 loud advmod 6 loud loud ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Say ccomp 7 as as ADP _ 8 normal case 8 normal normal ADJ Degree=Pos 6 loud obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here the n vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent n=Topic
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Hold your nose lightly and feel the buzz
nmod:poss obj advmod cc conj det obj root Hold VERB your PRON nose NOUN lightly ADV and CCONJ feel VERB the DET buzz NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hold hold VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 nose nmod:poss 3 nose nose NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hold obj 4 lightly lightly ADV _ 1 Hold advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 feel cc 6 feel feel VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Hold conj 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 buzz det 8 buzz buzz NOUN Number=Sing 6 feel obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hold imperative you not said here your nose lightly property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme 2 feel infinitive you not said here the buzz vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buzz=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Say it in English, the French won't mind
obj case obl punct det conj aux advmod ccomp root Say VERB it PRON in ADP English PROPN , PUNCT the DET French ADJ wo AUX n't PART mind VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Say obj 3 in in ADP _ 4 English case 4 English English PROPN Number=Sing 10 mind obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 French punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 French det 7 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 4 English conj 8 wo will AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 mind aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 mind advmod 10 mind mind VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here it tree rules 2 not mind future English vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
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