Test 11 · My house and my home
Lily from Ohio asks, "Chez - is that like cheese, no cap?" (no cap = honestly) What do you tell her?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, Chez, you · What happens: ask, be, tell · To what, where: cap, Chez · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 21 «My house and my home» 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: Lily from Ohio asks, "Chez - is that like cheese, no cap?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Ohio | case |
| 3 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Lily | nmod |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 cheese | punct |
| 7 | Chez | Chez | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 cheese | nsubj |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Chez | punct |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 cheese | cop |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 cheese | det |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 cheese | case |
| 12 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cap | punct |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 cap | det |
| 15 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cheese | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 cheese | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 cheese | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Lily from Ohio | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Chez | like that cheese and no cap | 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: (no cap = honestly) What do you tell her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 cap | det |
| 3 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 5 honestly | punct |
| 5 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 3 cap | advmod |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 honestly | punct |
| 7 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 tell | obj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 tell | aux |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 tell | nsubj |
| 10 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cap | parataxis |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 tell | iobj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | you | no cap | Chez | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes: chez means kitchen, where cheese is kept
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 3 | chez | chez | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kept | punct |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 kept | advmod |
| 8 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 kept | aux:pass |
| 10 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 kitchen | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | chez | kitchen | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitchen=Topic | ||||
| 2 | keep | present · passive | cheese | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
No: chez is a polite word for sir
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 chez | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | chez | chez | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 word | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 6 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 sir | case |
| 9 | sir | sir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | no chez | a polite word | for sir | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No: chez means at someone's home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 chez | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | chez | chez | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 home | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 someone | case |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | no chez | someone's home | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes: chez is how French people say cheese
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 French | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | chez | chez | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 French | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 French | cop |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 French | advmod |
| 6 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 people | amod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 say | nsubj |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | chez | french property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | French people | cheese | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cheese=Topic |
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