Test 2 · ★★ · Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing
★★ A new adjective, joli, describes une maison. Where does it go and how is it spelled?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, maison · What happens: ★, describe, go, spell · To what, where: new adjective, une maison, maison
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: ★★ A new adjective, joli, describes une maison.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 adjective | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 adjective | amod |
| 5 | adjective | adjective | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 joli | punct |
| 7 | joli | joli | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 adjective | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 describes | punct |
| 9 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ★ | parataxis |
| 10 | une | une | X | _ | 11 maison | compound |
| 11 | maison | maison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 describes | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | present | ★ | a new adjective and joli | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | describe | present | une maison | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent maison=Theme |
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: Where does it go and how is it spelled?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 go | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 spelled | cc |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 spelled | advmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 spelled | aux:pass |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spelled | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | spelled | spell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 go | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · do-support | maison | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spell | present · passive | maison | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Before, as jolie: une jolie maison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 4 jolie | case |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 jolie | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 jolie | case |
| 4 | jolie | jolie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 maison | punct |
| 6 | une | une | X | _ | 8 maison | compound |
| 7 | jolie | jolie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 maison | compound |
| 8 | maison | maison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jolie | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
After, as joli: une maison joli
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 joli | case |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 joli | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 joli | case |
| 4 | joli | joli | X | Foreign=Yes | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 maison | punct |
| 6 | une | une | X | _ | 7 maison | compound |
| 7 | maison | maison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 joli | conj |
| 8 | joli | joli | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 maison | dep |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
After, as jolie: une maison jolie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 jolie | case |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 jolie | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 jolie | case |
| 4 | jolie | jolie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 jolie | punct |
| 6 | une | une | X | _ | 7 maison | compound |
| 7 | maison | maison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jolie | compound |
| 8 | jolie | jolie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jolie | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Before, as joli: une joli maison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 4 joli | case |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 joli | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 joli | case |
| 4 | joli | joli | X | Foreign=Yes | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 joli | punct |
| 6 | une | une | X | _ | 7 joli | compound |
| 7 | joli | joli | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 joli | conj |
| 8 | maison | maison | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 joli | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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