Test 3 · Avoir: to have

What would happen if you said "Ils sont deux chats" to a French friend?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Ils · What happens: happen, say, chat · To what, where: French friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 29 «Avoir: to have» 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 said	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 chats	punct
8	Ils	Il	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 chats	nsubj
9	sont	sont	X	Foreign=Yes	11 chats	compound
10	deux	deux	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chats	compound
11	chats	chat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 said	ccomp
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 chats	punct
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 friend	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 friend	det
15	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 friend	amod
16	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	you	a French friend	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient
3	chat speech: other in a quote		Ils		tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They'd hear "they are two cats", not "they have"

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 cats	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cats	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cats	cop
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 cats	nummod
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hear	parataxis
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 cats	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 have	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 have	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 have	punct
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 have	nsubj
14	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hear	would	They		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	is a in a quote	present	they	two cats	tree rules
3	not have in a quote	present	cats = cat		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They'd hear "they have two cats" perfectly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 cats	nummod
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct
10	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	3 hear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	would	They					perfectly property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	have in a quote	present	they	two cats					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient

Option 3

They'd think the cats were asleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cats	det
5	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 asleep	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 asleep	cop
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 think	ccomp

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

Option 4

They'd think you were counting to two

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur 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	6 counting	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 counting	aux
6	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 think	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 two	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 counting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	They						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	count	past · progressive	you					to two	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to two=Experiencer

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