Test 8 · ★ · In the classroom Josh asks, "Why's my book a kayak?" His teacher says, "It's cah-YAY, mate." What is wrong with "kayak"?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Josh, book, teacher · What happens: ask, be, say · To what, where: kayak, cah YAY · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Josh asks, "Why's my book a kayak?"
nsubj punct punct advmod cop nmod:poss nsubj det parataxis punct punct root Josh PROPN asks VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Why ADV 's AUX my PRON book NOUN a DET kayak NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Josh Josh PROPN Number=Sing 2 asks nsubj 2 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 asks punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 10 kayak punct 5 Why why ADV PronType=Int 10 kayak advmod 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 kayak cop 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 book nmod:poss 8 book book NOUN Number=Sing 10 kayak nsubj 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 kayak det 10 kayak kayak NOUN Number=Sing 2 asks parataxis 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 10 kayak punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 10 kayak punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Josh vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is a in a quote present my book a kayak 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: His teacher says, "It's cah-YAY, mate."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct nsubj cop compound punct ccomp punct vocative punct punct root His PRON teacher NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT It PRON 's AUX cah NOUN - PUNCT YAY NOUN , PUNCT mate NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 teacher nmod:poss 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 says punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 10 YAY punct 6 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 YAY nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 YAY cop 8 cah cah NOUN Number=Sing 10 YAY compound 9 - - PUNCT _ 8 cah punct 10 YAY yay NOUN Number=Sing 3 says ccomp 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 mate punct 12 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 10 YAY vocative 13 . . PUNCT _ 10 YAY punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 10 YAY punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Josh's teacher vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present teacher cah YAY mate vocative tree rules
Sentence 3: What is wrong with "kayak"?
nsubj cop case punct obl punct punct root What PRON is AUX wrong ADJ with ADP " PUNCT kayak NOUN " PUNCT ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 with with ADP _ 6 kayak case 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 kayak punct 6 kayak kayak NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrong obl 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 kayak punct 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present with kayak; wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer The h is silent and -ier says "yay"
det nsubj cop cc punct ccomp conj punct obj punct root The DET h NOUN is AUX silent ADJ and CCONJ - PUNCT ier ADJ says VERB " PUNCT yay NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 h det 2 h H NOUN Number=Sing 4 silent nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 silent cop 4 silent silent ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 8 says cc 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 and punct 7 ier i ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 says ccomp 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 silent conj 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 yay punct 10 yay yay NOUN Number=Sing 8 says obj 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 yay punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the h silent property tree rules 2 say speech: assert present the h not said here yay vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yay=Topic
Option 2 It is said "ka-HEER", like hear
nsubj aux:pass punct dep punct ccomp punct punct case conj root It PRON is AUX said VERB " PUNCT ka X - PUNCT HEER NOUN " PUNCT , PUNCT like ADP hear NOUN 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 said nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 said aux:pass 3 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 HEER punct 5 ka ka X Foreign=Yes 7 HEER dep 6 - - PUNCT _ 7 HEER punct 7 HEER heer NOUN Number=Sing 3 said ccomp 8 " " PUNCT _ 7 HEER punct 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 hear punct 10 like like ADP _ 11 hear case 11 hear hear NOUN Number=Sing 7 HEER conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive It vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
Option 3 Nothing, cahier is said exactly like the boat called a kayak
compound punct nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case det obl acl det obj root Nothing PRON , PUNCT cahier NOUN is AUX said VERB exactly ADV like ADP the DET boat NOUN called VERB a DET kayak NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 cahier compound 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nothing punct 3 cahier cahier NOUN Number=Sing 5 said nsubj:pass 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 said aux:pass 5 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 exactly exactly ADV _ 5 said advmod 7 like like ADP _ 9 boat case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 boat det 9 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 5 said obl 10 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 boat acl 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 kayak det 12 kayak kayak NOUN Number=Sing 10 called obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · passive Nothing cahier like the boat; exactly property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic 2 call participle the boat not said here a kayak vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kayak=Recipient
Option 4 The k is silent and -ier says "ak"
det nsubj cop cc punct ccomp conj punct obj punct root The DET k NOUN is AUX silent ADJ and CCONJ - PUNCT ier ADJ says VERB " PUNCT ak NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 k det 2 k k NOUN Number=Sing 4 silent nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 silent cop 4 silent silent ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 8 says cc 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 and punct 7 ier i ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 says ccomp 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 silent conj 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 ak punct 10 ak AK NOUN Number=Sing 8 says obj 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 ak punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the k silent property tree rules 2 say speech: assert present the k not said here ak vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ak=Topic
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