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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?"

nsubjpunctpunctcopdetoblcasedetnmodpunctpunctrootGracePROPNasksVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTIsAUXlaDETmaîtresseNOUNlikeADPaDETheadteacherNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GraceGracePROPNNumber=Sing2 asksnsubj
2asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_7 maîtressepunct
4""PUNCT_7 maîtressepunct
5IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 maîtressecop
6lalaDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 maîtressedet
7maîtressemaîtresseNOUNNumber=Sing2 asksobl
8likelikeADP_10 headteachercase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 headteacherdet
10headteacherheadteacherNOUNNumber=Sing7 maîtressenmod
11??PUNCT_2 askspunct
12""PUNCT_2 askspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpresentGracevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is a in a quotepresentla maîtresselike a headteachertree 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?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETtruthNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 truthdet
4truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe truthtree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's what you call your mum at school

nsubjcopnsubjacl:relclnmod:possobjcaseoblrootItPRON'sAUXwhatPRONyouPRONcallVERByourPRONmumNOUNatADPschoolNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 whatnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 whatcop
3whatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
4youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs5 callnsubj
5callcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 whatacl:relcl
6youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 mumnmod:poss
7mummumNOUNNumber=Sing5 callobj
8atatADP_9 schoolcase
9schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing5 callobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIttree rules
2callpresentyouyour mumat schoolvn 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

amodnsubjnmod:possamodobjdetxcomprootLittleADJchildrenNOUNcallVERBtheirPRONprimaryADJteacherNOUNlaDETmaîtresseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LittlelittleADJDegree=Pos2 childrenamod
2childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur3 callnsubj
3callcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 teachernmod:poss
5primaryprimaryADJDegree=Pos6 teacheramod
6teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing3 callobj
7lalaDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 maîtressedet
8maîtressemaîtresseNOUNNumber=Sing3 callxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1callpresentLittle childrenchildren's primary teachervn 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

nsubjcopdetcasedet:predetdetamodnmodcasedetamodcasenmodrootItPRON'sAUXtheDETheadNOUNofADPallDETtheDETprimaryADJschoolsNOUNinADPtheDETwholeADJofADPFrancePROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 headnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 headcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 headdet
4headheadNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ofofADP_9 schoolscase
6allallDETPronType=Tot9 schoolsdet:predet
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 schoolsdet
8primaryprimaryADJDegree=Pos9 schoolsamod
9schoolsschoolNOUNNumber=Plur4 headnmod
10ininADP_14 Francecase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 Francedet
12wholewholeADJDegree=Pos14 Franceamod
13ofofADP_14 Francecase
14FranceFrancePROPNNumber=Sing9 schoolsnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentItthe headof all primary schools in the whole Francetree rules

Option 4

It means the dinner lady

nsubjdetcompoundobjrootItPRONmeansVERBtheDETdinnerNOUNladyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 ladydet
4dinnerdinnerNOUNNumber=Sing5 ladycompound
5ladyladyNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItthe dinner ladyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Topic

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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