Test 4 · ★ · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas
★ Your sister thinks bof means "really bad". What would she get wrong if a friend said the pizza was bof?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sister, bof, friend, pizza · What happens: ★, think, mean, get, say, be · To what, where: bad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: ★ Your sister thinks bof means "really bad".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 ★ | ccomp |
| 5 | bof | bof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bad | punct |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 bad | advmod |
| 9 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bad | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | Your sister | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | mean | present | bof | bad | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bad=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.
Sentence 2: What would she get wrong if a friend said the pizza was bof?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 get | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 said | mark |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 friend | det |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pizza | det |
| 11 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bof | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 bof | cop |
| 13 | bof | bof | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 said | ccomp |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | bof | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | past | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | the pizza | bof property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, bof does mean really bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bof | punct |
| 3 | bof | bof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 bad | advmod |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mean | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Nothing | bad property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She'd think it was awful when it was just so-so
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 | 3 think | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 awful | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 awful | cop |
| 6 | awful | awful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 think | ccomp |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 so | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 so | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 so | cop |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 so | advmod |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 so | advmod |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 so | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 think | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | would | She | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | it | awful property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | it | so property | tree rules |
Option 3
She'd think it was a type of cheese
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 | 3 think | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 type | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 type | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 type | det |
| 7 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 think | ccomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 cheese | case |
| 9 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 type | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | would | She | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a type | of cheese | tree rules |
Option 4
She'd think it was the best pizza ever
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 | 3 think | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pizza | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 pizza | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pizza | det |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 pizza | amod |
| 8 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 think | ccomp |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 think | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | would | She | ever | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | the best pizza | tree rules |
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