Test 9 · ★ · Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u
Mia goes, "Howay, je is like Jeremy, innit." ("Howay" means come on.) What sound should she use?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, je, Howay, sound · What happens: go, be, mean, come on, use · To what, where: Howay · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Mia goes, "Howay, je is like Jeremy, innit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Howay | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Howay | punct |
| 5 | Howay | Howay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Jeremy | punct |
| 7 | je | je | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 Jeremy | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Jeremy | cop |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 Jeremy | case |
| 10 | Jeremy | Jeremy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Howay | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 12 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Howay | appos |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Mia | Howay and Jeremy | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | je | like Jeremy | 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: ("Howay" means come on.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Howay | punct |
| 3 | Howay | Howay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Howay | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 means | ccomp |
| 7 | on | on | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Howay | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come on | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: What sound should she use?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 sound | det |
| 2 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 use | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 use | aux |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 use | nsubj |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 use | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | should | what sound | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"yuh", as in "yes"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 yuh | punct |
| 2 | yuh | yuh | INTJ | _ | 8 yes | discourse |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 yuh | punct |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 yes | punct |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 yes | case |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 yes | case |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 yes | punct |
| 8 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 yes | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
"chuh", as in "church"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 chuh | punct |
| 2 | chuh | chuh | INTJ | _ | 8 church | discourse |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 chuh | punct |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 church | punct |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 church | case |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 church | case |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 church | punct |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 church | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
"zhuh", like the middle of "treasure"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 middle | punct |
| 2 | zhuh | zhuh | INTJ | _ | 7 middle | discourse |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 zhuh | punct |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 middle | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 middle | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 middle | det |
| 7 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 treasure | case |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 treasure | punct |
| 10 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 middle | nmod |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 middle | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
"jee", the same sound as at the start of "Jeremy"
The tree, 10 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 jee | punct |
| 2 | jee | jee | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 jee | punct |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sound | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sound | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sound | amod |
| 7 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jee | conj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 start | case |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 start | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 start | det |
| 11 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sound | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Jeremy | case |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Jeremy | punct |
| 14 | Jeremy | Jeremy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 start | nmod |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 jee | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | Jeremy | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |
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