Test 3 · ★★ · Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing
Tilly from Leeds asks, "Belle? Like the princess?" What's the link?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tilly, link · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: Belle
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Tilly from Leeds asks, "Belle?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tilly | Tilly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Leeds | case |
| 3 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Tilly | nmod |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Belle | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Belle | punct |
| 7 | Belle | Belle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Tilly from Leeds | Belle | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent belle=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.
Sentence 2: Like the princess?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 3 princess | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 princess | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 princess | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What's the link?
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 | 4 link | det |
| 4 | link | link | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the link | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The name Belle means beautiful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | Belle | Belle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 name | appos |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | the name | beautiful property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Belle means princess in French
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belle | belle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 French | case |
| 5 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Belle | princess | in French | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme in french=Attribute |
Option 3
There's no link, it's just a name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 's | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 link | det |
| 4 | link | link | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 name | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 name | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 name | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 name | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 name | det |
| 10 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no link | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | link | a name | tree rules |
Option 4
Belle means bell, like a church bell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belle | belle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bell | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 bell | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bell | det |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bell | compound |
| 8 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Belle | bell | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Topic |
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