Test 9 · Être: to be
Your US penpal goes, "Ugh, on est? Like, 'on' the table? That's so mid." (mid = not great) What does on mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: US penpal, That · What happens: go, be, mean
This is test 9 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
Sentence 1: Your US penpal goes, "Ugh, on est?
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 | 3 penpal | nmod:poss |
| 2 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 penpal | compound |
| 3 | penpal | penpal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ugh | punct |
| 7 | Ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 4 goes | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 est | punct |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 est | case |
| 10 | est | est | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Ugh | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your US penpal | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Like, 'on' the table?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | INTJ | _ | 7 table | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Like | punct |
| 3 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 table | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 table | case |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 table | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 table | det |
| 7 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 table | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: That's so mid."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 mid | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mid | cop |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 mid | advmod |
| 4 | mid | mid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 mid | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 mid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | mid property | tree rules |
Sentence 4: (mid = not great) What does on mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 mid | punct |
| 2 | mid | mid | X | _ | root | root |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 5 great | punct |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 great | advmod |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 mid | conj |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 mid | punct |
| 7 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 mean | obj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 mean | aux |
| 9 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 10 mean | mark |
| 10 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 mid | ccomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 mid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
On top of something
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 top | case |
| 2 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 something | case |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 top | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Only one person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 person | nummod |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
You, in a polite way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 You | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 5 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 You | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
We, in everyday talk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 talk | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 talk | case |
| 4 | everyday | everyday | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 talk | amod |
| 5 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 We | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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