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Test 7 · ★ · Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u

Aiden in Philly says chat is "chat, like texting, yinz know." ("Yinz" means you all.) What does the French word mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aiden, chat, Yinz, French word · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: chat, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Aiden in Philly says chat is "chat, like texting, yinz know."

nsubjcasenmodnsubjcoppunctccomppunctcaseconjpunctamodconjpunctpunctrootAidenPROPNinADPPhillyPROPNsaysVERBchatNOUNisAUX"PUNCTchatNOUN,PUNCTlikeADPtextingNOUN,PUNCTyinzADJknowNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AidenAidenPROPNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
2ininADP_3 Phillycase
3PhillyPhillyPROPNNumber=Sing1 Aidennmod
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5chatchatNOUNNumber=Sing8 chatnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 chatcop
7""PUNCT_8 chatpunct
8chatchatNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysccomp
9,,PUNCT_11 textingpunct
10likelikeADP_11 textingcase
11textingtextingNOUNNumber=Sing8 chatconj
12,,PUNCT_14 knowpunct
13yinzyinzADJDegree=Pos14 knowamod
14knowknowNOUNNumber=Sing8 chatconj
15..PUNCT_4 sayspunct
16""PUNCT_4 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentAiden in Phillyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is a in a quotepresentchatchat and texting and yinz knowtree 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: ("Yinz" means you all.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctobjnmod:unmarkedpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTYinzPROPN"PUNCTmeansVERByouPRONallDET.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Yinzpunct
3YinzYinzPROPNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Yinzpunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs5 meansobj
7allallDETPronType=Tot6 younmod:unmarked
8..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
9))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentYinzyouvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic

Sentence 3: What does the French word mean?

objauxdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXtheDETFrenchADJwordNOUNmeanVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int6 meanobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 meanaux
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 worddet
4FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Pos5 wordamod
5wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing6 meannsubj
6meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7??PUNCT_6 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresent · do-supportthe French wordvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

a talk, said "CHAT"

detnsubjpunctpunctobjpunctrootaDETtalkNOUN,PUNCTsaidVERB"PUNCTCHATNOUN"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 talkdet
2talktalkNOUNNumber=Sing4 saidnsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 talkpunct
4saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5""PUNCT_6 CHATpunct
6CHATchatNOUNNumber=Sing4 saidobj
7""PUNCT_6 CHATpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpasta talkCHATvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chat=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a cat, said "SHA"

detnsubjpunctpunctparataxispunctrootaDETcatNOUN,PUNCTsaidVERB"PUNCTSHAPROPN"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 catdet
2catcatNOUNNumber=Sing4 saidnsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 catpunct
4saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5""PUNCT_6 SHApunct
6SHASHAPROPNNumber=Sing4 saidparataxis
7""PUNCT_6 SHApunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpasta catvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Option 3

a chick, said "SHATT"

detnsubjpunctpunctccomppunctrootaDETchickNOUN,PUNCTsaidVERB"PUNCTSHATTPROPN"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 chickdet
2chickchickNOUNNumber=Sing4 saidnsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 chickpunct
4saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5""PUNCT_6 SHATTpunct
6SHATTSHATTPROPNNumber=Sing4 saidccomp
7""PUNCT_6 SHATTpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpasta chickvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

a hat, said "SHAT"

detnsubjpunctpunctccomppunctrootaDEThatNOUN,PUNCTsaidVERB"PUNCTSHATPROPN"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 hatdet
2hathatNOUNNumber=Sing4 saidnsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 hatpunct
4saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5""PUNCT_6 SHATpunct
6SHATSHATPROPNNumber=Sing4 saidccomp
7""PUNCT_6 SHATpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpasta hatvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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