Test 9 · Hobbies and sport
★★★ A French girl says "J'aime nager et je fais du vélo, mais je ne joue pas au foot." Which is true about her?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, J'aime · What happens: say, foot, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: ★★★ A French girl says "J'aime nager et je fais du vélo, mais je ne joue pas au foot."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 girl | case |
| 4 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 5 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 girl | amod |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 J'aime | punct |
| 9 | J'aime | J'aime | X | Foreign=Yes | 23 foot | nsubj |
| 10 | nager | nager | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 J'aime | flat:foreign |
| 11 | et | et | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 J'aime | flat:foreign |
| 12 | je | je | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 J'aime | flat:foreign |
| 13 | fais | fais | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 J'aime | flat:foreign |
| 14 | du | du | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 J'aime | flat:foreign |
| 15 | vélo | vélo | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 J'aime | flat:foreign |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 je | punct |
| 17 | mais | mais | X | Foreign=Yes | 18 je | flat:foreign |
| 18 | je | je | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 J'aime | conj |
| 19 | ne | ne | X | Foreign=Yes | 18 je | flat:foreign |
| 20 | joue | joue | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 J'aime | flat:foreign |
| 21 | pas | pas | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 J'aime | flat:foreign |
| 22 | au | au | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 foot | compound |
| 23 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | ccomp |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ ★ a French girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | foot in a quote | J'aime | tree rules |
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: Which is true about her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 true | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about J'aime; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She swims at football practice on her bike
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 swims | nsubj |
| 2 | swims | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 practice | case |
| 4 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 practice | compound |
| 5 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swims | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 bike | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 bike | nmod:poss |
| 8 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swims | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | present | She | football practice | on her bike | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at practice=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She swims and cycles but doesn't play football
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 swims | nsubj |
| 2 | swims | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 cycles | cc |
| 4 | cycles | cycle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 swims | conj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 play | cc |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 play | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 play | advmod |
| 8 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 swims | conj |
| 9 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 play | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | present | She | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cycle | present | She not said here | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not play | present · do-support | She not said here | football | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She plays football but doesn't swim or cycle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 plays | nsubj |
| 2 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plays | obj |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 swim | cc |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 swim | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 swim | advmod |
| 7 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 plays | conj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 cycle | cc |
| 9 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plays | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | She | football | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not swim | present · do-support | She not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
She cycles to football but can't swim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cycles | nsubj |
| 2 | cycles | cycle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 football | case |
| 4 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cycles | obl |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 swim | cc |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 swim | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 swim | advmod |
| 8 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 cycles | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cycle | present | She | football | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V PP.location»: agent=Theme to football=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | not swim | can | She not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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