Test 5 · Être: to be

What would happen if you told a French waiter "Je suis faim"?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, tell · To what, where: French waiter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 28 «Être: to be» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 waiter	det
8	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 waiter	amod
9	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 faim	punct
11	Je	Je	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 faim	compound
12	suis	suis	X	Foreign=Yes	13 faim	compound
13	faim	faim	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waiter	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 faim	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	you		a French waiter				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent waiter=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He'd understand, but French says j'ai faim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 understand	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 understand	aux
3	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 says	cc
6	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 understand	parataxis
8	j'ai	j'ai	X	_	9 faim	compound
9	faim	faim	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	would	He						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	present	French	j'ai faim					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent faim=Topic

Option 2

He'd think you were very full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 think	aux
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 full	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 full	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 full	advmod
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	you					full property	tree rules

Option 3

He'd bring you the bill straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bring	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 bring	aux
3	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 bring	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bill	det
6	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bring	obj
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	3 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	would	He	the bill	you			away property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination bill=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He'd think you said your name was Faim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 think	aux
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 think	ccomp
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 name	nmod:poss
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Faim	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Faim	cop
9	Faim	Faim	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	He		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	you		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	your name	Faim	tree rules
4	name		your		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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