Test 11 · ★★ · Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl
★★ In a cartoon, a knight says "Je vais à la tour" and rides to a tall castle building. Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, that · What happens: say, ride, be · To what, where: vais, tall castle building · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl» 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: ★★ In a cartoon, a knight says "Je vais à la tour" and rides to a tall castle building.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | flat |
| 3 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 cartoon | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cartoon | det |
| 5 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 knight | det |
| 8 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 vais | punct |
| 11 | Je | Je | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 vais | nsubj |
| 12 | vais | vais | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 says | obj |
| 13 | à | à | ADP | _ | 15 tour | case |
| 14 | la | la | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tour | det |
| 15 | tour | tour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 vais | appos |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 tour | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 rides | cc |
| 18 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 says | conj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 building | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 building | det |
| 21 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 building | amod |
| 22 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 building | compound |
| 23 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 rides | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ in a cartoon | vais | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent vais=Topic | ||||
| 2 | ride | present | ★ in a cartoon not said here | a tall castle building | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to building=Trajectory |
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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, la tour means a bike trip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | la | la | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tour | det |
| 4 | tour | tour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 trip | det |
| 7 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trip | compound |
| 8 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | la tour | a bike trip | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, une tour is a tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 tower | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | une | une | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tour | compound |
| 4 | tour | tour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tower | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 tower | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tower | det |
| 7 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | une tour | a tower | tree rules |
Option 3
No, it should be le tour for a tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 tour | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tour | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 tour | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 tour | cop |
| 6 | le | le | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tour | det |
| 7 | tour | tour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 tower | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 tower | det |
| 10 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | should | it | le tour | for a tower | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, la tour means a horse ride
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | la | la | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tour | det |
| 4 | tour | tour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ride | det |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ride | compound |
| 8 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | la tour | a horse ride | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Topic |
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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