Test 9 · ★ · The town and directions

What would happen if you pushed a door that says "Tirez"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, door · What happens: happen, push, say · To what, where: door, Tirez · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 pushed	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 pushed	nsubj
6	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushed	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 door	acl:relcl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 Tirez	punct
12	Tirez	Tirez	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 says	obj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 Tirez	punct
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	push a condition, not said to happen	past	you	a door	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present	a door	Tirez	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tirez=Topic

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

An alarm would ring: tirez means staff only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 alarm	det
2	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ring	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ring	aux
4	ring	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
6	tirez	tirez	X	Foreign=Yes	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ring	parataxis
8	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obj
9	only	only	ADV	_	8 staff	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	would	a alarm						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present	tirez	staff					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Topic

Option 2

It would lock: tirez means closed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lock	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lock	aux
3	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
5	tirez	tirez	X	Foreign=Yes	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lock	ccomp
7	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lock	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	lock	would	It	tree rules
2	mean	present	tirez	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	close	participle		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It would not open: you need to pull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 open	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 open	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 open	advmod
4	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 need	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 open	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 pull	mark
9	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	not open	would	It	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	need	present	you	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	pull not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It would open: tirez means push

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 open	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 open	aux
3	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
5	tirez	tirez	X	Foreign=Yes	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 open	parataxis
7	push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	would	It						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present	tirez	push					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent push=Topic

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