Test 3 · ★ · In the classroom
Aisha panics when her teacher says "En français !" What could happen if she learns only one sentence first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aisha, teacher · What happens: panic, say, happen, learn · To what, where: En, one sentence · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 20 «In the classroom» 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: Aisha panics when her teacher says "En français !"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aisha | Aisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 panics | nsubj |
| 2 | panics | panic | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 says | mark |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 panics | advcl |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 En | punct |
| 8 | En | En | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obj |
| 9 | français | français | X | _ | 8 En | flat:foreign |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 En | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 panics | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | panic | present | Aisha | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Aisha's teacher | En | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent en=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: What could happen if she learns only one sentence first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 learns | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 learns | nsubj |
| 6 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 one | advmod |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 sentence | nummod |
| 9 | sentence | sentence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 learns | obj |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 learns | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | learn a condition, not said to happen | present | teacher | one sentence | first property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She will forget all her English
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 forget | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 forget | aux |
| 3 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 English | det:predet |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 English | nmod:poss |
| 6 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 forget | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | future | She | her English | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She can always ask for the toilet politely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 ask | advmod |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 toilet | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 toilet | det |
| 7 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ask | obl |
| 8 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 4 ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | can | She | for the toilet; always, politely property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
She will never need the toilet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 need | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 need | advmod |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 toilet | det |
| 6 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | future | She | the toilet | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot toilet=Theme |
Option 4
She will be told off every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | aux:pass |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 told | compound:prt |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | future · passive | She | day | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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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