Test 2 · ★ · The town and directions
Your cousin says, "The librairie's well good, you can borrow books for free there, innit." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, you · What happens: say, borrow, put · To what, where: books, cousin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your cousin says, "The librairie's well good, you can borrow books for free there, innit."
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 | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 good | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 good | punct |
| 6 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 librairie | det |
| 7 | librairie | librairie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 good | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 librairie | case |
| 9 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 good | advmod |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 borrow | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 borrow | nsubj |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 borrow | aux |
| 14 | borrow | borrow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 15 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 borrow | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 free | case |
| 17 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 borrow | obl |
| 18 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 borrow | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 innit | punct |
| 20 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 borrow | parataxis |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 borrow | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 borrow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | borrow in a quote | can | you | books | there | for free | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
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: Put her right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | cousin | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1
No, a librairie sells bread and cakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 sells | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 librairie | det |
| 4 | librairie | librairie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sells | nsubj |
| 5 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sells | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cakes | cc |
| 8 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bread | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | a librairie | bread and cakes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, but only on a Sunday morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 morning | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 morning | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 morning | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 morning | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 morning | det |
| 7 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 morning | compound |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a librairie sells books; borrow at the bibliothèque
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 sells | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 librairie | det |
| 4 | librairie | librairie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sells | nsubj |
| 5 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sells | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 borrow | punct |
| 8 | borrow | borrow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sells | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 bibliothèque | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bibliothèque | det |
| 11 | bibliothèque | bibliothèque | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 borrow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | a librairie | books | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | ||||
| 2 | borrow | infinitive | a librairie not said here | the bibliothèque | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, a librairie is the free library
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 library | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 librairie | det |
| 4 | librairie | librairie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 library | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 library | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 library | det |
| 7 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 library | amod |
| 8 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a librairie | the free library | tree rules |
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