Test 10 · ★ · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas
Harry from Belfast's penpal says "Je kiffe" and he goes, "Wee bit of slang, eh, I'll stick it in me French exam." Good idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harry · What happens: say, go, stick · To what, where: Je kiffe, Wee bit, kiffe · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 24 «Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas» 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: Harry from Belfast's penpal says "Je kiffe" and he goes, "Wee bit of slang, eh, I'll stick it in me French exam."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 penpal | case |
| 3 | Belfast | Belfast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 penpal | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Belfast | case |
| 5 | penpal | penpal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Harry | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 kiffe | punct |
| 8 | Je | Je | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 kiffe | compound |
| 9 | kiffe | kiffe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 kiffe | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 goes | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 goes | nsubj |
| 13 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bit | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 bit | punct |
| 16 | Wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 bit | amod |
| 17 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 goes | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 slang | case |
| 19 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bit | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 stick | punct |
| 21 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 25 stick | discourse |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 eh | punct |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 stick | nsubj |
| 24 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 stick | aux |
| 25 | stick | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 goes | conj |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 stick | obj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 me | case |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 stick | obl |
| 29 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 exam | amod |
| 30 | exam | exam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 stick | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 goes | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Harry from Belfast's penpal | Je kiffe | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kiffe=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go | present | Harry | Wee bit of slang | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stick in a quote | future | Harry from Belfast's penpal = harry | kiffe | in Harry from Belfast's penpal = harry; French exam obl | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in i=Destination |
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: Good idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 idea | amod |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 idea | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, use j'adore or j'aime in written work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 use | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | j'adore | j'adore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 use | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 j'aime | cc |
| 6 | j'aime | j'aime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 j'adore | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 work | case |
| 8 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 work | amod |
| 9 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | j'adore or j'aime | written work | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent j'adore=Patient | |||
| 2 | write | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
No, because kiffe means hate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 means | mark |
| 4 | kiffe | kiffe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | hate | hate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | kiffe | hate | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hate=Topic |
Option 3
Yes, slang always gets extra marks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 slang | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 gets | advmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 marks | amod |
| 7 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | slang | extra marks | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yes, kiffe is the only word for like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 word | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | kiffe | kiffe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 word | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 6 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 like | case |
| 9 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 7 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | kiffe | the only word | tree rules |
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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