Test 8 · Avoir: to have
★★★ A French poem says: "Il y a un chat. Il a les yeux verts. Il a peur du chien." Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, Il · What happens: say, y, vert, be · To what, where: un chat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: ★★★ A French poem says: "Il y a un chat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 poem | case |
| 4 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 poem | det |
| 5 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 poem | amod |
| 6 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 y | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 y | punct |
| 10 | Il | Il | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 y | nsubj |
| 11 | y | y | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 says | ccomp |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 chat | det |
| 13 | un | un | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chat | compound |
| 14 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 y | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ ★ a French poem | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | y in a quote | past | Il | a un chat | 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.
Sentence 2: Il a les yeux verts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Il | Il | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 verts | nsubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 yeux | det |
| 3 | les | le | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 yeux | compound |
| 4 | yeux | yeux | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Il | obj |
| 5 | verts | vert | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 verts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vert | present | Il | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Il a peur du chien."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Il | Il | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 chien | det |
| 3 | peur | peur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chien | compound |
| 4 | du | du | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chien | amod |
| 5 | chien | chien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Il | appos |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Il | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Il | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
There is a green-eyed cat that is scared of the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cat | det |
| 4 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 eyed | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 green | punct |
| 6 | eyed | eyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cat | amod |
| 7 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 scared | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 scared | cop |
| 10 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cat | acl:relcl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 dog | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 dog | det |
| 13 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a eyed cat | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a eyed cat | of the dog; scared property | tree rules |
Option 2
The cat is green and the dog is scared of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 green | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 green | cop |
| 4 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 scared | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scared | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 scared | cop |
| 9 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 green | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the cat | green property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the dog | of cat; scared property | tree rules |
Option 3
There are three cats and the dog has green eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 are | expl |
| 2 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 cats | nummod |
| 4 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 are | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 has | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 are | conj |
| 9 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 eyes | amod |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | three cats | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | the dog | green eyes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
Option 4
There is a dog with green eyes that is scared of a cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 eyes | case |
| 6 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eyes | amod |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 dog | nmod |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 scared | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 scared | cop |
| 10 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eyes | acl:relcl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 cat | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cat | det |
| 13 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a dog with green eyes | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | green eyes | of a cat; scared property | tree rules |
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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