Test 10 · ★ · Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends Camille writes, "Ce n'est pas grave !" after Ellie forgets the hat on gâteau. Ellie panics. What should she understand?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Camille, Ce, Ellie · What happens: write, grave, forget, panic, understand · To what, where: hat, gâteau
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 3 «Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends» 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: Camille writes, "Ce n'est pas grave !" after Ellie forgets the hat on gâteau.
nsubj punct punct nsubj flat:foreign compound obj punct punct mark nsubj advcl det obj case obl punct root Camille PROPN writes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Ce X n'est X pas X grave NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT after SCONJ Ellie PROPN forgets VERB the DET hat NOUN on ADP gâteau NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Camille Camille PROPN Number=Sing 2 writes nsubj 2 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 grave punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 Ce punct 5 Ce Ce X Foreign=Yes 8 grave nsubj 6 n'est n'est X Foreign=Yes 5 Ce flat:foreign 7 pas pas X Foreign=Yes 8 grave compound 8 grave grave NOUN Number=Sing 2 writes obj 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 8 grave punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 8 grave punct 11 after after SCONJ _ 13 forgets mark 12 Ellie Ellie PROPN Number=Sing 13 forgets nsubj 13 forgets forget VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 writes advcl 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 hat det 15 hat hat NOUN Number=Sing 13 forgets obj 16 on on ADP _ 17 gâteau case 17 gâteau gâteau NOUN Number=Sing 13 forgets obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 writes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present Camille vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 grave in a quote Ce tree rules 3 forget present Ellie the hat gâteau 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: Ellie panics.
nsubj punct root Ellie PROPN panics VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ellie Ellie PROPN Number=Sing 2 panics nsubj 2 panics panic VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 . . PUNCT _ 2 panics punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 panic present Ellie vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should she understand?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX she PRON understand VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 understand obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 understand aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 understand nsubj 4 understand understand VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 understand punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 understand should Ellie vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
The options Option 1 Camille is cross because Ellie forgot the accent grave
nsubj cop mark nsubj advcl det compound obj root Camille PROPN is AUX cross ADJ because SCONJ Ellie PROPN forgot VERB the DET accent NOUN grave NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Camille Camille PROPN Number=Sing 3 cross nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 cross cop 3 cross cross ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 because because SCONJ _ 6 forgot mark 5 Ellie Ellie PROPN Number=Sing 6 forgot nsubj 6 forgot forget VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 cross advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 grave det 8 accent accent NOUN Number=Sing 9 grave compound 9 grave grave NOUN Number=Sing 6 forgot obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Camille cross property tree rules 2 forget past Ellie the accent grave tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Camille is saying "no big deal", not talking about an accent
nsubj aux punct det amod obj punct punct advmod conj case det obl root Camille PROPN is AUX saying VERB " PUNCT no DET big ADJ deal NOUN " PUNCT , PUNCT not PART talking VERB about ADP an DET accent NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Camille Camille PROPN Number=Sing 3 saying nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 saying aux 3 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 deal punct 5 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 deal det 6 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 7 deal amod 7 deal deal NOUN Number=Sing 3 saying obj 8 " " PUNCT _ 7 deal punct 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 talking punct 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 talking advmod 11 talking talk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 saying conj 12 about about ADP _ 14 accent case 13 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 accent det 14 accent accent NOUN Number=Sing 11 talking obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · progressive Camille no big deal vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent deal=Topic 2 not talk gerund Camille not said here about a accent vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about accent=Topic
Option 3 Camille is saying the cake has been buried
nsubj aux det obj aux aux:pass ccomp root Camille PROPN is AUX saying VERB the DET cake NOUN has AUX been AUX buried VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Camille Camille PROPN Number=Sing 3 saying nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 saying aux 3 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 cake det 5 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 3 saying obj 6 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 buried aux 7 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 8 buried aux:pass 8 buried bury VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 saying ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · progressive Camille the cake tree rules 2 bury present · perfect · passive vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Camille wants Ellie to put a grave accent on the cake
nsubj obj mark xcomp det compound obj case det obl root Camille PROPN wants VERB Ellie PROPN to PART put VERB a DET grave NOUN accent NOUN on ADP the DET cake NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Camille Camille PROPN Number=Sing 2 wants nsubj 2 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Ellie Ellie PROPN Number=Sing 2 wants obj 4 to to PART _ 5 put mark 5 put put VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 wants xcomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 accent det 7 grave grave NOUN Number=Sing 8 accent compound 8 accent accent NOUN Number=Sing 5 put obj 9 on on ADP _ 11 cake case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 cake det 11 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 5 put obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present Camille Ellie tree rules 2 put not said to happen to-infinitive Ellie not said here a grave accent the cake vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent accent=Theme on cake=Destination
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