Test 10 · ★ · The town and directions
★ Gran from Wolverhampton says, "Ar, I'll go to the boulangerie for me tablets, tara-a-bit!" (tara-a-bit = see you later) What should she know?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, tara · What happens: say, go, bit, see, know · To what, where: boulangerie, tablets, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 22 «The town and directions» 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: ★ Gran from Wolverhampton says, "Ar, I'll go to the boulangerie for me tablets, tara-a-bit!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 2 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | flat |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Wolverhampton | case |
| 4 | Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 go | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 go | punct |
| 8 | Ar | ar | INTJ | _ | 12 go | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Ar | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 go | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 go | aux |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 boulangerie | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 boulangerie | det |
| 15 | boulangerie | boulangerie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 go | obl |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 me | case |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 go | obl |
| 18 | tablets | tablet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 go | parataxis |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 bit | punct |
| 20 | tara | tara | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bit | nsubj |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 bit | punct |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 bit | det |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 a | punct |
| 24 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 tablets | acl:relcl |
| 25 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 go | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | ★ from Wolverhampton | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | future | ★ from Wolverhampton = ★ | the boulangerie | for ★ from Wolverhampton = ★ | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to boulangerie=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | bit in a quote | tara | tablets not said here | 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: (tara-a-bit = see you later) What should she know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 bit | punct |
| 2 | tara | tara | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bit | nsubj |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 bit | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bit | det |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 a | punct |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | = | = | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 bit | parataxis |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 see | obj |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 see | advmod |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 10 later | punct |
| 12 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 know | obj |
| 13 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 know | aux |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 know | nsubj |
| 15 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 see | ccomp |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 bit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | infinitive | you | late property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | should | tara | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The boulangerie sells tablets and bread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boulangerie | det |
| 2 | boulangerie | boulangerie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sells | nsubj |
| 3 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | tablets | tablet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sells | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 bread | cc |
| 6 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tablets | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | the boulangerie | tablets and bread | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Tablets come from the pharmacie; the boulangerie sells bread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tablets | tablet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 pharmacie | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pharmacie | det |
| 5 | pharmacie | pharmacie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 come | obl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 sells | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 boulangerie | det |
| 8 | boulangerie | boulangerie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sells | nsubj |
| 9 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 come | conj |
| 10 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sells | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Tablets | the pharmacie | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from pharmacie=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | sell | present | the boulangerie | bread | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |
Option 3
Tablets come from the librairie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tablets | tablet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 librairie | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 librairie | det |
| 5 | librairie | librairie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Tablets | the librairie | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from librairie=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Tablets come from the boucherie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tablets | tablet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 boucherie | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boucherie | det |
| 5 | boucherie | boucherie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Tablets | the boucherie | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from boucherie=Initial_Location |
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