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Test 5 · ★★ · Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing

A cartoon shows four black cats, and the caption says "les chats noirs". Your brother says the adjective should not have an s, "cos colours don't count". Who's right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, caption, brother, adjective, cos colours · What happens: show, say, not have, not count, be · To what, where: four black cats, chats noirs, s · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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 cartoon shows four black cats, and the caption says "les chats noirs".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 cats	nummod
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cats	amod
6	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shows	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 says	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 caption	det
10	caption	caption	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shows	parataxis
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 noirs	punct
13	les	les	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chats	det
14	chats	chat	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 noirs	compound
15	noirs	noir	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 says	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 noirs	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon		four black cats				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present	the caption	chats noirs					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent noir=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: Your brother says the adjective should not have an s, "cos colours don't count".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 adjective	det
5	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 have	advmod
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 s	det
10	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 count	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 count	punct
13	cos	cos	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 colours	amod
14	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 count	nsubj
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 count	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 count	advmod
17	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 count	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your brother						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not have	should	the adjective	a s					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent s=Patient
3	not count in a quote	present · do-support	cos colours						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Sentence 3: Who's right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Neither: it should be les chat noir

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	6 les	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 les	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 les	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 les	cop
6	les	le	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chat	nsubj
7	chat	chat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	noir	noir	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	should	it	les				neither property	tree rules
2	chat speech: other	present	les	noir					tree rules

Option 2

Neither: it should be les chats noires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	8 noires	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 les	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 les	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 les	cop
6	les	les	X	Foreign=Yes	7 chats	det
7	chats	chat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 noires	compound
8	noires	noire	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The caption: noirs agrees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 caption	det
2	caption	caption	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 agrees	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 noirs	punct
4	noirs	noir	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caption	conj
5	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	the caption and noirs						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Your brother: colours never change

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colours	nmod:poss
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 brother	punct
4	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 change	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 change	advmod
6	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	present	Your brother's colours						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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