Test 7 · ★ · In the classroom
Grace asks, "Is la maîtresse like a headteacher?" What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grace, truth · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: maîtresse · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Grace asks, "Is la maîtresse like a headteacher?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 maîtresse | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 maîtresse | punct |
| 5 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 maîtresse | cop |
| 6 | la | la | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 maîtresse | det |
| 7 | maîtresse | maîtresse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obl |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 headteacher | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 headteacher | det |
| 10 | headteacher | headteacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 maîtresse | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Grace | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | la maîtresse | like a headteacher | 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's the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | 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 · ← Mova's choice
It's what you call your mum at school
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 | 3 what | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | cop |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 call | nsubj |
| 5 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | acl:relcl |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 call | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 school | case |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | call | present | you | your mum | at school | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent mum=Theme at school=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Little children call their primary teacher la maîtresse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 children | amod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 call | nsubj |
| 3 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 5 | primary | primary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 teacher | amod |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 call | obj |
| 7 | la | la | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 maîtresse | det |
| 8 | maîtresse | maîtresse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 call | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Little children | children's primary teacher | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
Option 3
It's the head of all the primary schools in the whole of France
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 | 4 head | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 head | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 head | det |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 schools | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 schools | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 schools | det |
| 8 | primary | primary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 schools | amod |
| 9 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 head | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 France | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 France | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 France | amod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 France | case |
| 14 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 schools | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the head | of all primary schools in the whole France | tree rules |
Option 4
It means the dinner lady
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lady | det |
| 4 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lady | compound |
| 5 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | the dinner lady | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Topic |
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