Test 6 · ★★ · Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl

What would happen if you asked a French shop for "un livre de pommes"?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, ask · To what, where: French shop

This is test 6 · ★★ 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

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 asked	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 asked	nsubj
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shop	det
8	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shop	amod
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 livre	case
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 livre	punct
12	un	un	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 livre	compound
13	livre	livre	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obl
14	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	15 pommes	nmod
15	pommes	pomme	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 livre	conj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 livre	punct
17	?	?	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	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	past	you	a French shop				for un livre and pommes de	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent shop=Recipient

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

They'd show you the way to the library

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 show	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
3	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 show	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 library	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 library	det
9	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	would	They	the way	you			to the library	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient way=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They'd hear "a book of apples", not "a pound of apples"

The tree, 12 words

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 hear	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 book	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 book	det
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 apples	case
8	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 book	nmod
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 book	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pound	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 pound	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 pound	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pound	det
14	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 apples	case
16	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 pound	nmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 pound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	would	They	a book of apples				a pound of apples obl	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus

Option 3

They'd give you half a kilo of apples

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 give	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 give	iobj
5	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	7 kilo	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kilo	det
7	kilo	kilo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 apples	case
9	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kilo	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would	They	half kilo of apples	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient kilo=Theme

Option 4

They'd give you a bag of apples for free

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 give	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 give	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bag	det
6	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 apples	case
8	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bag	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 free	case
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would	They	a bag of apples	you			for free	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient bag=Theme for free=Asset

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