Test 5 · ★ · Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u

Leo's mate in Toronto goes, "Bud, quatre is like a quarter." What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, quatre, truth · What happens: go, be · To what, where: Bud

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Leo's mate in Toronto goes, "Bud, quatre is like a quarter."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Leo	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goes	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Toronto	case
5	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Bud	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Bud	punct
9	Bud	Bud	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 goes	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 quarter	punct
11	quatre	quatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 quarter	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 quarter	cop
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 quarter	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 quarter	det
15	quarter	quarter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Bud	appos
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 quarter	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 quarter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Leo's mate in Toronto	Bud					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	quatre					like a quarter	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: What is the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	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

qu says "kw", so it is "KWAT-ra"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	qu	qu	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 kw	punct
4	kw	kw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 kw	punct
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ra	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	13 ra	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ra	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ra	cop
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 ra	punct
11	KWAT	KWAT	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 ra	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 ra	punct
13	ra	ra	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 ra	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	qu	kw					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kw=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	qu	KWAT ra					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it is "KWOR-ter", like 25 cents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 ter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ter	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ter	cop
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 ter	punct
6	KWOR	KWOR	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ter	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 ter	punct
8	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 ter	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cents	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 cents	case
12	25	25	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 cents	nummod
13	cents	cent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	it	KWOR ter and 25 cents					tree rules

Option 3

It is "CHAT-ra", with a soft ch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ra	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ra	cop
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 ra	punct
4	CHAT	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ra	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 ra	punct
6	ra	ra	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 ra	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ch	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 ch	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ch	det
11	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ch	amod
12	ch	ch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ra	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	CHAT ra and a soft ch					tree rules

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

qu says just "k", so it is "KATR"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	qu	qu	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 k	advmod
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 k	punct
5	k	k	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 k	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 KATR	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 KATR	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 KATR	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 KATR	cop
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 KATR	punct
12	KATR	KATR	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 KATR	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	qu	k					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent k=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	qu	KATR					tree rules

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