Test 11 · ★ · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas
What would happen if you said "Je préfère le basket" to a friend who asked about foot?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Je, friend · What happens: happen, say, basket, ask · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 said | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 basket | punct |
| 8 | Je | Je | X | Foreign=Yes | 11 basket | nsubj |
| 9 | préfère | préfère | X | _ | 11 basket | compound |
| 10 | le | le | X | Foreign=Yes | 11 basket | compound |
| 11 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | ccomp |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 basket | punct |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 friend | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 friend | det |
| 15 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 basket | nmod |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 asked | nsubj |
| 17 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 friend | acl:relcl |
| 18 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 foot | case |
| 19 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 asked | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | past | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | basket in a quote | Je | to a friend | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | past | a friend | about foot | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about foot=Topic |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They'd know you like basketball more than football
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 know | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 know | aux |
| 3 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 like | nsubj |
| 5 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 know | ccomp |
| 6 | basketball | basketball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 like | obj |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 like | obj |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 football | case |
| 9 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | would | They | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | like | present | you | basketball | tree rules |
Option 2
They'd think you hate all sports
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 think | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 hate | nsubj |
| 5 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | ccomp |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 sports | det |
| 7 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | would | They | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hate | present | you | all sports | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sport=Stimulus |
Option 3
They'd think you play basketball for France
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 think | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 play | nsubj |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | ccomp |
| 6 | basketball | basketball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 play | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 France | case |
| 8 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | would | They | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | play | present | you | basketball | for France | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent basketball=Theme for france=Eventuality |
Option 4
They'd think you don't know what foot is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 think | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 know | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 know | advmod |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 think | ccomp |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 know | ccomp |
| 9 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 what | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 what | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | would | They | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not know | present · do-support | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | foot | 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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