Test 7 · Avoir: to have Ethan from Boston writes "Mon frère à un chien." He says, "Wicked confusing, one tiny line." What's the fix?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ethan, fix · What happens: write, say, be · To what, where: Mon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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 Sentence 1: Ethan from Boston writes "Mon frère à un chien."
nsubj case nmod punct obj conj amod compound flat punct punct root Ethan PROPN from ADP Boston PROPN writes VERB " PUNCT Mon NOUN frère X à ADJ un NOUN chien NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN Number=Sing 4 writes nsubj 2 from from ADP _ 3 Boston case 3 Boston Boston PROPN Number=Sing 1 Ethan nmod 4 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Mon punct 6 Mon mon NOUN Number=Sing 4 writes obj 7 frère frère X Foreign=Yes 6 Mon conj 8 à à ADJ Degree=Pos 10 chien amod 9 un un NOUN Number=Sing 10 chien compound 10 chien chien NOUN Number=Sing 7 frère flat 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 Mon punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 6 Mon punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present Ethan from Boston Mon vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mon=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: He says, "Wicked confusing, one tiny line."
nsubj punct punct amod ccomp punct nummod amod conj punct punct root He PRON says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Wicked ADJ confusing ADJ , PUNCT one NUM tiny ADJ line NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 confusing punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 confusing punct 5 Wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 6 confusing amod 6 confusing confusing ADJ Degree=Pos 2 says ccomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 line punct 8 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 line nummod 9 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 10 line amod 10 line line NOUN Number=Sing 6 confusing conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 confusing punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 6 confusing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ethan vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the fix?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET fix NOUN ? PUNCT 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 fix det 4 fix fix 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 fix tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice est, because the dog is his
punct case det nmod cop acl:relcl root est PROPN , PUNCT because ADP the DET dog NOUN is AUX his PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 est EST PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 est punct 3 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 5 dog case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dog det 5 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 1 est nmod 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 his cop 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 1 est acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present est because the dog not said here dog tree rules
Option 2 as with an s, because it is il
case case det punct case nsubj cop nmod:unmarked root as ADP with ADP an DET s NOUN , PUNCT because ADP it PRON is AUX il PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 as as ADP _ 4 s case 2 with with ADP _ 4 s case 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 s det 4 s s NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 il punct 6 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 9 il case 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 il nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 il cop 9 il IL PROPN Number=Sing 4 s nmod:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present s because il tree rules
Option 3 à is right, because it means has
nsubj cop punct mark nsubj conj csubj root à PROPN is AUX right ADJ , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON means VERB has VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 à à PROPN Number=Sing 3 right nsubj 2 is 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 _ 7 means punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 means mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 means nsubj 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right conj 8 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right csubj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present à right property tree rules 2 mean present it vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 have present vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer a with no accent, because it means has
det case det nsubj punct mark nsubj acl:relcl root a DET with ADP no DET accent NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON means VERB has VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 accent det 2 with with ADP _ 4 accent case 3 no no DET PronType=Neg 4 accent det 4 accent accent NOUN Number=Sing 9 has nsubj 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 means punct 6 because because SCONJ _ 8 means mark 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 means nsubj 8 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 accent acl:relcl 9 has have 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 mean present accent a accent not said here vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Topic 2 have present a accent vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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