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Test 6 · ★ · The town and directions

Leo from Sydney asks "C'est loin ?" and hears "Non, c'est tout près." He says, "Sweet as, servo's close then." (servo = petrol station) What did the man say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, man · What happens: ask, hear, say · To what, where: C'est loin, Non, servo · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Leo from Sydney asks "C'est loin ?" and hears "Non, c'est tout près."

nsubjcasenmodpunctcompoundobjpunctpunctccconjpunctobjpunctflat:foreignflat:foreignflatpunctpunctrootLeoPROPNfromADPSydneyPROPNasksVERB"PUNCTC'estPROPNloinNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCTandCCONJhearsVERB"PUNCTNonPROPN,PUNCTc'estXtoutXprèsX.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeoLeoPROPNNumber=Sing4 asksnsubj
2fromfromADP_3 Sydneycase
3SydneySydneyPROPNNumber=Sing1 Leonmod
4asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5""PUNCT_7 loinpunct
6C'estC'estPROPNNumber=Sing7 loincompound
7loinloinNOUNNumber=Sing4 asksobj
8??PUNCT_7 loinpunct
9""PUNCT_7 loinpunct
10andandCCONJ_11 hearscc
11hearshearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 asksconj
12""PUNCT_13 Nonpunct
13NonNonPROPNNumber=Sing11 hearsobj
14,,PUNCT_16 toutpunct
15c'estc'estXForeign=Yes16 toutflat:foreign
16touttoutXForeign=Yes13 Nonflat:foreign
17prèsprèsXForeign=Yes16 toutflat
18..PUNCT_4 askspunct
19""PUNCT_4 askspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpresentLeo from SydneyC'est loinvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent loin=Recipient
2hearpresentLeo from Sydney not said hereNonvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer non=Stimulus

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: He says, "Sweet as, servo's close then."

nsubjpunctpunctccompmarkpunctnsubjcaseadvcladvmodpunctpunctrootHePRONsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTSweetADJasSCONJ,PUNCTservoNOUN'sPARTcloseADJthenADV.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_5 Sweetpunct
4""PUNCT_5 Sweetpunct
5SweetsweetADJDegree=Pos2 saysccomp
6asasSCONJ_10 closemark
7,,PUNCT_8 servopunct
8servoservoNOUNNumber=Sing10 closensubj
9's'sPART_8 servocase
10closecloseADJDegree=Pos5 Sweetadvcl
11thenthenADVPronType=Dem10 closeadvmod
12..PUNCT_5 Sweetpunct
13""PUNCT_5 Sweetpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentLeovn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: (servo = petrol station) What did the man say?

punctpunctcompoundconjpunctobjauxdetnsubjacl:relclpunctroot(PUNCTservoNOUN=SYMpetrolNOUNstationNOUN)PUNCTWhatPRONdidAUXtheDETmanNOUNsayVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_2 servopunct
2servoservoNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3==SYM_5 stationpunct
4petrolpetrolNOUNNumber=Sing5 stationcompound
5stationstationNOUNNumber=Sing2 servoconj
6))PUNCT_2 servopunct
7WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int11 sayobj
8diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 sayaux
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 mandet
10manmanNOUNNumber=Sing11 saynsubj
11saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf2 servoacl:relcl
12??PUNCT_2 servopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpast · do-supportthe manservo and petrol stationvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, it's very far

discoursepunctnsubjcopadvmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXveryADVfarADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg6 fardiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 farnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 farcop
5veryveryADV_6 faradvmod
6farfarADVDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentitfar propertytree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's very near

discoursepunctnsubjcopadvmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXveryADVnearADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg6 neardiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 nearnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 nearcop
5veryveryADV_6 nearadvmod
6nearnearADV_rootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentitnear propertytree rules

Option 3

Yes, turn right

discoursepunctadvmodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTturnVERBrightADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos3 turndiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3turnturnVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
4rightrightADV_3 turnadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turnimperativeyou not said hereright propertyvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, it's a long way

discoursepunctnsubjcopdetamodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXaDETlongADJwayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos7 waydiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 waynsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 waycop
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 waydet
6longlongADJDegree=Pos7 wayamod
7waywayNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentita long waytree rules

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