Test 8 · Hobbies and sport
Sophie from Edinburgh reads "Je lis" as "liss" and her pal goes, "Aye, sounds right tae me, hen." What should they know?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophie, pal, lis · What happens: read, go, sound, know · To what, where: Je lis, hen
This is test 8 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: Sophie from Edinburgh reads "Je lis" as "liss" and her pal goes, "Aye, sounds right tae me, hen."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | Sophie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 reads | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Edinburgh | case |
| 3 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Sophie | nmod |
| 4 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 lis | punct |
| 6 | Je | Je | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lis | compound |
| 7 | lis | li | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 reads | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 liss | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 liss | case |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 liss | punct |
| 11 | liss | liss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lis | appos |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 liss | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 goes | cc |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 pal | nmod:poss |
| 15 | pal | pal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 goes | nsubj |
| 16 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reads | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sounds | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 sounds | punct |
| 19 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 21 sounds | discourse |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Aye | punct |
| 21 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 goes | conj |
| 22 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 sounds | xcomp |
| 23 | tae | tae | ADP | Foreign=Yes | 24 me | case |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 right | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 hen | punct |
| 26 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sounds | obl |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 goes | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | Sophie from Edinburgh | Je lis | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent li=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go | present | Sophie's pal | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | sound in a quote | present | Sophie's pal not said here | hen | right property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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: What should they know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 know | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | should | lis = li | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The s is said like z: zhuh LIZZ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 s | det |
| 2 | s | s | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | aux:pass |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 z | case |
| 6 | z | z | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 LIZZ | punct |
| 8 | zhuh | zhuh | INTJ | _ | 9 LIZZ | discourse |
| 9 | LIZZ | LIZZ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · passive | the s | like z | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
Option 2
The i is long: zhuh LICE
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 i | det |
| 2 | i | i | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 long | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | cop |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 LICE | punct |
| 6 | zhuh | zhuh | INTJ | _ | 7 LICE | discourse |
| 7 | LICE | louse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 long | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the i | LICE obl; long property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The s is silent: zhuh LEE
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 s | det |
| 2 | s | s | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 silent | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 silent | cop |
| 4 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 silent | punct |
| 6 | zhuh | zhuh | INTJ | _ | 7 LEE | discourse |
| 7 | LEE | LEE | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 silent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the s | LEE obl; silent property | tree rules |
Option 4
The s is doubled: zhuh LISS
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 s | det |
| 2 | s | s | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 doubled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 doubled | aux:pass |
| 4 | doubled | double | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 doubled | punct |
| 6 | zhuh | zhuh | INTJ | _ | 7 LISS | discourse |
| 7 | LISS | LISS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 doubled | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | double | present · passive | LISS | the s | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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