Test 10 · Hobbies and sport
Kai from Auckland goes, "Chur, sweet as, I'll make up a verb: je skate." (chur = thanks, cool) What's the safe trick when you don't know the verb?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kai, I, chur, you · What happens: go, make up, be, not know · To what, where: Chur, verb, safe trick · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 23 «Hobbies and sport» 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: Kai from Auckland goes, "Chur, sweet as, I'll make up a verb: je skate."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Auckland | case |
| 3 | Auckland | Auckland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kai | nmod |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Chur | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Chur | punct |
| 7 | Chur | Chur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sweet | punct |
| 9 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Chur | amod |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 sweet | fixed |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 make | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 make | nsubj |
| 13 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 make | aux |
| 14 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 goes | parataxis |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 make | compound:prt |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 verb | det |
| 17 | verb | verb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 make | obj |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 skate | punct |
| 19 | je | je | X | Foreign=Yes | 20 skate | compound |
| 20 | skate | skate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 make | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Kai from Auckland | Chur | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make up in a quote | future | I | a verb | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme verb=Pivot |
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: (chur = thanks, cool) What's the safe trick when you don't know the verb?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 chur | punct |
| 2 | chur | chur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 trick | nsubj |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 thanks | punct |
| 4 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chur | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cool | punct |
| 6 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thanks | amod |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 thanks | punct |
| 8 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 trick | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 trick | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 trick | det |
| 11 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 trick | amod |
| 12 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 know | advmod |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 know | nsubj |
| 15 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 know | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 know | advmod |
| 17 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 trick | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 verb | det |
| 19 | verb | verb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 know | obj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 trick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | chur | the safe trick | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not know | present · do-support | you | the verb | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer verb=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Add an -o to the English word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 o | det |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 an | punct |
| 4 | o | o | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Add | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 word | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 word | det |
| 7 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | amod |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Add | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a o | to the English word | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent o=Patient to word=Co-Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Use je fais du + the sport
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | je | je | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Use | obj |
| 3 | fais | fais | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 je | flat:foreign |
| 4 | du | du | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 je | flat:foreign |
| 5 | + | + | SYM | _ | 7 sport | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sport | det |
| 7 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | je | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent je=Patient |
Option 3
Use je joue de + the sport
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | je | je | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Use | obj |
| 3 | joue | joue | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 je | flat:foreign |
| 4 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 je | flat:foreign |
| 5 | + | + | SYM | _ | 7 sport | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sport | det |
| 7 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | je | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent je=Patient |
Option 4
Just say the English word louder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 say | advmod |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 4 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 word | amod |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 say | obj |
| 6 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the English word | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
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