Test 10 · ★★ · Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing
Ethan from Toronto says, "Eh, I'll say C'est un gâteau très bon." (eh = right?) What's the more natural French?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ethan, natural French · What happens: say, be · To what, where: C'est · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing» 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: Ethan from Toronto says, "Eh, I'll say C'est un gâteau très bon."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Toronto | case |
| 3 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ethan | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 say | punct |
| 7 | Eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 11 say | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Eh | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 say | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 say | aux |
| 11 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 12 | C'est | C'est | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 say | obj |
| 13 | un | un | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 14 | gâteau | gâteau | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 15 | très | très | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 16 | bon | bon | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 say | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ethan from Toronto | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | future | Ethan from Toronto = ethan | C'est | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent c'est=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: (eh = right?)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 eh | punct |
| 2 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | = | = | PUNCT | _ | 4 right | punct |
| 4 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 2 eh | discourse |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 eh | punct |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 eh | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What's the more natural French?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 French | det |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 natural | advmod |
| 5 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 French | amod |
| 6 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the natural French | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
C'est très un bon gâteau
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C'est | C'est | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 gâteau | dep |
| 2 | très | très | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 3 | un | un | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 4 | bon | bon | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 5 | gâteau | gâteau | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
C'est un bon gâteau très
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C'est | C'est | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 bon | flat:foreign |
| 2 | un | un | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 bon | flat:foreign |
| 3 | bon | bon | X | Foreign=Yes | root | root |
| 4 | gâteau | gâteau | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 bon | flat:foreign |
| 5 | très | très | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 bon | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
C'est un gâteau bon très
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C'est | C'est | X | Foreign=Yes | root | root |
| 2 | un | un | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 3 | gâteau | gâteau | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 4 | bon | bon | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 5 | très | très | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
C'est un très bon gâteau
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C'est | C'est | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 gâteau | dep |
| 2 | un | un | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 3 | très | très | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 4 | bon | bon | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 C'est | flat:foreign |
| 5 | gâteau | gâteau | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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