Test 2 · ★ · Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends Daniel in Liverpool asks, "Boss, so the dad's the sea?" ("Boss" means great.) What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Daniel, dad, Boss, truth · What happens: ask, be, mean · To what, where: Boss, sea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Daniel in Liverpool asks, "Boss, so the dad's the sea?"
nsubj case nmod punct punct obj punct advmod det nsubj cop det appos punct punct root Daniel PROPN in ADP Liverpool PROPN asks VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Boss NOUN , PUNCT so ADV the DET dad NOUN 's AUX the DET sea NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Daniel Daniel PROPN Number=Sing 4 asks nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 Liverpool case 3 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN Number=Sing 1 Daniel nmod 4 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Boss punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 Boss punct 7 Boss boss NOUN Number=Sing 4 asks obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 14 sea punct 9 so so ADV _ 14 sea advmod 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 dad det 11 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 14 sea nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 sea cop 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 sea det 14 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 7 Boss appos 15 ? ? PUNCT _ 14 sea punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 14 sea punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Daniel in Liverpool Boss vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boss=Recipient 2 is a in a quote present the dad the sea 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: ("Boss" means great.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Boss NOUN " PUNCT means VERB great ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Boss punct 3 Boss boss NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Boss punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Boss great property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth 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 truth tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice la mer is the dad, and le maire is the mum
nsubj flat:foreign cop det punct cc det nsubj cop det conj root la X mer X is AUX the DET dad NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ le DET maire NOUN is AUX the DET mum NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 la la X Foreign=Yes 5 dad nsubj 2 mer mer X _ 1 la flat:foreign 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 dad cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 dad det 5 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 12 mum punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 12 mum cc 8 le le DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 maire det 9 maire maire NOUN Number=Sing 12 mum nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 mum cop 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 mum det 12 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 5 dad conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present la the dad and the mum tree rules 2 is a present le maire the mum tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer la mère is the mother; la mer is the sea
nsubj flat:foreign cop det nsubj punct conj xcomp cop det root la X mère X is AUX the DET mother NOUN ; PUNCT la X mer ADJ is AUX the DET sea NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 la la X Foreign=Yes 5 mother nsubj 2 mère mère X Foreign=Yes 1 la flat:foreign 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mother cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 mother det 5 mother mother NOUN Number=Sing 11 sea nsubj 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 la punct 7 la la X Foreign=Yes 5 mother conj 8 mer m ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 la xcomp 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 sea cop 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 sea det 11 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present la the mother tree rules 2 is a present the mother the sea tree rules
Option 3 They all mean the sea, just spelled differently
nsubj advmod det obj punct advmod conj advmod root They PRON all DET mean VERB the DET sea NOUN , PUNCT just ADV spelled VERB differently ADV 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 mean nsubj 2 all all DET PronType=Tot 3 mean advmod 3 mean mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sea det 5 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 3 mean obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 spelled punct 7 just just ADV _ 8 spelled advmod 8 spelled spell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 mean conj 9 differently differently ADV _ 8 spelled advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present They the sea vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Topic 2 spell participle They not said here differently property vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent
Option 4 la mère is the sea; le père is the mayor
nsubj flat:foreign cop det punct compound nsubj cop det conj root la X mère X is AUX the DET sea NOUN ; PUNCT le NOUN père NOUN is AUX the DET mayor NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 la la X Foreign=Yes 5 sea nsubj 2 mère mère X Foreign=Yes 1 la flat:foreign 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 sea cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sea det 5 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 mayor punct 7 le le NOUN Number=Sing 8 père compound 8 père père NOUN Number=Sing 11 mayor nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 mayor cop 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 mayor det 11 mayor mayor NOUN Number=Sing 5 sea conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present la the sea and the mayor tree rules 2 is a present le père the mayor tree rules
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