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Test 5 · ★ · Plurals: les, des and silent s

Gran from Somerset reads "les souris" and goes, "Proper job, but where's the s, my lover? Should be les souriss." What is true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran · What happens: read, go, be · To what, where: les, Proper job, s, les souriss · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 26 «Plurals: les, des and silent s» 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: Gran from Somerset reads "les souris" and goes, "Proper job, but where's the s, my lover?

nsubjcasenmodpunctobjflat:foreignpunctccconjpunctpunctamodoblpunctccadvmodcopdetparataxispunctnmod:possconjpunctrootGranPROPNfromADPSomersetPROPNreadsVERB"PUNCTlesXsourisX"PUNCTandCCONJgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTProperADJjobNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJwhereADV'sAUXtheDETsNOUN,PUNCTmyPRONloverNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GranGranPROPNNumber=Sing4 readsnsubj
2fromfromADP_3 Somersetcase
3SomersetSomersetPROPNNumber=Sing1 Grannmod
4readsreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5""PUNCT_6 lespunct
6leslesXForeign=Yes4 readsobj
7sourissourisXForeign=Yes6 lesflat:foreign
8""PUNCT_6 lespunct
9andandCCONJ_10 goescc
10goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 readsconj
11,,PUNCT_14 jobpunct
12""PUNCT_14 jobpunct
13ProperproperADJDegree=Pos14 jobamod
14jobjobNOUNNumber=Sing10 goesobl
15,,PUNCT_20 spunct
16butbutCCONJ_20 scc
17wherewhereADVPronType=Rel20 sadvmod
18'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin20 scop
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 sdet
20ssNOUNNumber=Sing4 readsparataxis
21,,PUNCT_23 loverpunct
22mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 lovernmod:poss
23loverloverNOUNNumber=Sing20 sconj
24??PUNCT_4 readspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1readpresentGran from Somersetlestree rules
2gopresentGran from Somerset not said hereProper jobvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3is a in a quotepresentthe s and my lovertree rules

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: Should be les souriss."

auxcopcompoundpunctpunctrootShouldAUXbeAUXlesXsourissNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ShouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 sourissaux
2bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf4 sourisscop
3leslesXForeign=Yes4 sourisscompound
4sourisssourissNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5..PUNCT_4 sourisspunct
6""PUNCT_4 sourisspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is ashouldles sourisstree rules

Sentence 3: What is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

She's right, you add another s

nsubjcoppunctnsubjparataxisdetobjrootShePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTyouPRONaddVERBanotherDETsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 addpunct
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 addnsubj
6addaddVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightparataxis
7anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind8 sdet
8ssNOUNNumber=Sing6 addobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentSheright propertytree rules
2add speech: assertpresentyouanother svn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent s=Patient

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

Souris already ends in s, so it doesn't change

nsubjadvmodcaseoblpunctadvmodnsubjauxadvmodparataxisrootSourisPROPNalreadyADVendsVERBinADPsNOUN,PUNCTsoADVitPRONdoesAUXn'tPARTchangeVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SourisSourisPROPNNumber=Sing3 endsnsubj
2alreadyalreadyADV_3 endsadvmod
3endsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ininADP_5 scase
5ssNOUNNumber=Plur3 endsobl
6,,PUNCT_11 changepunct
7sosoADV_11 changeadvmod
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 changensubj
9doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 changeaux
10n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg11 changeadvmod
11changechangeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 endsparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1endpresentSourissvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2not changepresent · do-supportitvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It should be les sourix

nsubjauxcopcompoundrootItPRONshouldAUXbeAUXlesNOUNsourixNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 sourixnsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 sourixaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 sourixcop
4lesleNOUNNumber=Plur5 sourixcompound
5sourixsourixNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is ashouldItles sourixtree rules

Option 4

It should be les souriz

nsubjauxcopcompoundrootItPRONshouldAUXbeAUXlesNOUNsourizNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 souriznsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 sourizaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 sourizcop
4lesleNOUNNumber=Plur5 sourizcompound
5sourizsourizNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is ashouldItles souriztree rules

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