Test 3 · My house and my home A cartoon cat in a French book is "sous la table". Your little brother draws it on top of the table. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon cat, little brother · What happens: be, draw · To what, where: sous la table, cat, top
This is test 3 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: A cartoon cat in a French book is "sous la table".
det compound nsubj case det amod nmod cop punct amod compound punct punct root A DET cartoon NOUN cat NOUN in ADP a DET French ADJ book NOUN is AUX " PUNCT sous ADJ la X table NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 cat det 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 3 cat compound 3 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 12 table nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 7 book case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 book det 6 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 7 book amod 7 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 cat nmod 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 table cop 9 " " PUNCT _ 12 table punct 10 sous sous ADJ Degree=Pos 12 table amod 11 la la X Foreign=Yes 12 table compound 12 table table NOUN Number=Sing root root 13 " " PUNCT _ 12 table punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 12 table punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present a cartoon cat in a French book sous la table 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: Your little brother draws it on top of the table.
nmod:poss amod nsubj obj case obl case det nmod punct root Your PRON little ADJ brother NOUN draws VERB it PRON on ADP top NOUN of ADP the DET table NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 brother nmod:poss 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 brother amod 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 draws nsubj 4 draws draw VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 draws obj 6 on on ADP _ 7 top case 7 top top NOUN Number=Sing 4 draws obl 8 of of ADP _ 10 table case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 table det 10 table table NOUN Number=Sing 7 top nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 draws punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 draw present Your little brother cat top of the table vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on top=Destination
Sentence 3: What's wrong?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Nothing, sous means on top of
nsubj punct conj case obl case root Nothing PRON , PUNCT sous X means VERB on ADP top NOUN of ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 means nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 sous punct 3 sous sous X Foreign=Yes 1 Nothing conj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 on on ADP _ 6 top case 6 top top NOUN Number=Sing 4 means obl 7 of of ADP _ 6 top case
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Nothing top vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 sous means behind, so it goes at the back
nsubj advmod punct advmod nsubj conj case det obl root sous X means VERB behind ADV , PUNCT so ADV it PRON goes VERB at ADP the DET back NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 sous sous X Foreign=Yes 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 behind behind ADV _ 2 means advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 goes punct 5 so so ADV _ 7 goes advmod 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 goes nsubj 7 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 means conj 8 at at ADP _ 10 back case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 back det 10 back back NOUN Number=Sing 7 goes obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present sous behind property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 go present it the back vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at back=Location
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer sous means under, so the cat goes beneath the table
nsubj compound:prt punct advmod det nsubj conj case det obl root sous X means VERB under ADP , PUNCT so ADV the DET cat NOUN goes VERB beneath ADP the DET table NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 sous sous X Foreign=Yes 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 under under ADP _ 2 means compound:prt 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 goes punct 5 so so ADV _ 8 goes advmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 cat det 7 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 8 goes nsubj 8 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 means conj 9 beneath beneath ADP _ 11 table case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 table det 11 table table NOUN Number=Sing 8 goes obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean under present sous vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 go present the cat the table vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath table=Location
Option 4 sous means next to, so it goes by the side
nsubj advmod fixed punct advmod nsubj conj case det obl root sous X means VERB next ADV to ADP , PUNCT so ADV it PRON goes VERB by ADP the DET side NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 sous sous X Foreign=Yes 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 next next ADV _ 2 means advmod 4 to to ADP _ 3 next fixed 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 goes punct 6 so so ADV _ 8 goes advmod 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 goes nsubj 8 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 means conj 9 by by ADP _ 11 side case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 side det 11 side side NOUN Number=Sing 8 goes obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present sous next property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 go present it by the side vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by side=Location
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