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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."

nsubjcasenmodpunctpunctobjpunctamodfixedpunctnsubjauxparataxiscompound:prtdetobjpunctcompoundconjpunctpunctrootKaiPROPNfromADPAucklandPROPNgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTChurPROPN,PUNCTsweetADJasADP,PUNCTIPRON'llAUXmakeVERBupADPaDETverbNOUN:PUNCTjeXskateNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KaiKaiPROPNNumber=Sing4 goesnsubj
2fromfromADP_3 Aucklandcase
3AucklandAucklandPROPNNumber=Sing1 Kainmod
4goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_7 Churpunct
6""PUNCT_7 Churpunct
7ChurChurPROPNNumber=Sing4 goesobj
8,,PUNCT_9 sweetpunct
9sweetsweetADJDegree=Pos7 Churamod
10asasADP_9 sweetfixed
11,,PUNCT_14 makepunct
12IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs14 makensubj
13'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin14 makeaux
14makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf4 goesparataxis
15upupADP_14 makecompound:prt
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 verbdet
17verbverbNOUNNumber=Sing14 makeobj
18::PUNCT_20 skatepunct
19jejeXForeign=Yes20 skatecompound
20skateskateNOUNNumber=Sing14 makeconj
21..PUNCT_4 goespunct
22""PUNCT_4 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentKai from AucklandChurtree rules
2make up in a quotefutureIa verbvn 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?

punctnsubjpunctappospunctamodpunctnsubjcopdetamodadvmodnsubjauxadvmodadvcldetobjpunctroot(PUNCTchurNOUN=SYMthanksNOUN,PUNCTcoolADJ)PUNCTWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETsafeADJtrickNOUNwhenADVyouPRONdoAUXn'tPARTknowVERBtheDETverbNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_2 churpunct
2churchurNOUNNumber=Sing12 tricknsubj
3==SYM_4 thankspunct
4thanksthanksNOUNNumber=Sing2 churappos
5,,PUNCT_6 coolpunct
6coolcoolADJDegree=Pos4 thanksamod
7))PUNCT_4 thankspunct
8WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int12 tricknsubj
9'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 trickcop
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 trickdet
11safesafeADJDegree=Pos12 trickamod
12tricktrickNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
13whenwhenADVPronType=Int17 knowadvmod
14youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs17 knownsubj
15dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 knowaux
16n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg17 knowadvmod
17knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf12 trickadvcl
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 verbdet
19verbverbNOUNNumber=Sing17 knowobj
20??PUNCT_12 trickpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentchurthe safe tricktree rules
2not knowpresent · do-supportyouthe verbvn 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

detpunctobjcasedetamodoblrootAddVERBanDET-PUNCToNOUNtoADPtheDETEnglishADJwordNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AddaddVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 odet
3--PUNCT_2 anpunct
4ooNOUNNumber=Sing1 Addobj
5totoADP_8 wordcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 worddet
7EnglishEnglishADJDegree=Pos8 wordamod
8wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing1 Addobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1add speech: assertimperativeyou not said herea oto the English wordvn 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

objflat:foreignflat:foreignccdetconjrootUseVERBjeXfaisXduX+SYMtheDETsportNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1UseuseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2jejeXForeign=Yes1 Useobj
3faisfaisXForeign=Yes2 jeflat:foreign
4duduXForeign=Yes2 jeflat:foreign
5++SYM_7 sportcc
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 sportdet
7sportsportNOUNNumber=Sing1 Useconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1useimperativeyou not said herejevn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent je=Patient

Option 3

Use je joue de + the sport

objflat:foreignflat:foreignccdetconjrootUseVERBjeXjoueXdeX+SYMtheDETsportNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1UseuseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2jejeXForeign=Yes1 Useobj
3jouejoueXForeign=Yes2 jeflat:foreign
4dedeXForeign=Yes2 jeflat:foreign
5++SYM_7 sportcc
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 sportdet
7sportsportNOUNNumber=Sing1 Useconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1useimperativeyou not said herejevn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent je=Patient

Option 4

Just say the English word louder

advmoddetamodobjccomprootJustADVsayVERBtheDETEnglishADJwordNOUNlouderADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JustjustADV_2 sayadvmod
2saysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 worddet
4EnglishEnglishADJDegree=Pos5 wordamod
5wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing2 sayobj
6louderloudADJDegree=Cmp2 sayccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertimperativeyou not said herethe English wordvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic

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