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Test 6 · ★ · In the classroom

Max says, "Grand, now I can ask for anything." ("Grand" means great.) Why is Comment dit-on...? so useful?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, Grand · What happens: say, ask, mean, be · To what, where: Grand, Comment dit on · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Max says, "Grand, now I can ask for anything."

nsubjpunctpunctobjpunctadvmodnsubjauxparataxiscaseoblpunctpunctrootMaxPROPNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTGrandPROPN,PUNCTnowADVIPRONcanAUXaskVERBforADPanythingPRON.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MaxMaxPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_5 Grandpunct
4""PUNCT_5 Grandpunct
5GrandGrandPROPN_2 saysobj
6,,PUNCT_10 askpunct
7nownowADVPronType=Dem10 askadvmod
8IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 asknsubj
9cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin10 askaux
10askaskVERBVerbForm=Inf2 saysparataxis
11forforADP_12 anythingcase
12anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind10 askobl
13..PUNCT_10 askpunct
14""PUNCT_10 askpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentMaxGrandtree rules
2ask speech: ask in a quotecanMaxnowfor anythingvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: ("Grand" means great.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctxcomppunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTGrandPROPN"PUNCTmeansVERBgreatADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Grandpunct
3GrandGrandPROPN_5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Grandpunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6greatgreatADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
7..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentGrandgreat propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Why is Comment dit-on...? so useful?

advmodcopamodcompoundpunctpunctpunctadvmodadvclpunctrootWhyADVisAUXCommentADJditNOUN-PUNCTonNOUN...PUNCT?PUNCTsoADVusefulADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int6 onadvmod
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 oncop
3CommentcommentADJDegree=Pos6 onamod
4ditditNOUNNumber=Sing6 oncompound
5--PUNCT_4 ditpunct
6ononNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7......PUNCT_6 onpunct
8??PUNCT_6 onpunct
9sosoADV_10 usefuladvmod
10usefulusefulADJDegree=Pos6 onadvcl
11??PUNCT_6 onpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentComment dit ontree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It tells you the time

nsubjiobjdetobl:unmarkedrootItPRONtellsVERByouPRONtheDETtimeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 tellsnsubj
2tellstellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs2 tellsiobj
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 timedet
5timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing2 tellsobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertpresentItyoutimevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 2

It asks for the toilet

nsubjcasedetoblrootItPRONasksVERBforADPtheDETtoiletNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 asksnsubj
2asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3forforADP_5 toiletcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 toiletdet
5toilettoiletNOUNNumber=Sing2 asksobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpresentItfor the toiletvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is how you say goodbye

nsubjcopadvmodnsubjobjrootItPRONisAUXhowADVyouPRONsayVERBgoodbyeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 saynsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 saycop
3howhowADVPronType=Int5 sayadvmod
4youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs5 saynsubj
5saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6goodbyegoodbyeNOUNNumber=Sing5 sayobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentItsay propertytree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It unlocks any word you don't know

nsubjdetobjnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclrootItPRONunlocksVERBanyDETwordNOUNyouPRONdoAUXn'tPARTknowVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 unlocksnsubj
2unlocksunlockVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3anyanyDETPronType=Ind4 worddet
4wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing2 unlocksobj
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs8 knownsubj
6dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 knowaux
7n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 knowadvmod
8knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf4 wordacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1unlockpresentItany wordvn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
2not knowpresent · do-supportyouany word not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

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