Test 5 · ★★★ · Questions and simple sentences
Ruby from Galway goes, "Ah sure, there's only one right way to ask where you live, yeah?" What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, one right way, you · What happens: go, be, ask, live · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Questions and simple sentences» 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: Ruby from Galway goes, "Ah sure, there's only one right way to ask where you live, yeah?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Galway | case |
| 3 | Galway | Galway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ruby | nmod |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 7 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 8 sure | discourse |
| 8 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 goes | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 's | punct |
| 10 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 11 's | expl |
| 11 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 goes | parataxis |
| 12 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 one | advmod |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 way | nummod |
| 14 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 way | amod |
| 15 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 's | nsubj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 ask | mark |
| 17 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 way | acl |
| 18 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 20 live | advmod |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 live | nsubj |
| 20 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 ask | ccomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 live | punct |
| 22 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 11 's | discourse |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Ruby from Galway | sure property | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | be in a quote | present | one right way | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask in a quote | to-infinitive | one right way not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | live in a quote | present | you | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 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
Only Tu habites où ? is ever correct
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 habites | advmod |
| 2 | Tu | Tu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 habites | nsubj |
| 3 | habites | habite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 correct | advcl |
| 4 | où | où | ADV | PronType=Rel | 3 habites | obl |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 habites | punct |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 correct | cop |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 correct | advmod |
| 8 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | habite | present | Tu | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | ever | correct property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only Où est-ce que tu habites ? works
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 ce | advmod |
| 2 | Où | Où | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ce | compound |
| 3 | est | est | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ce | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 ce | punct |
| 5 | ce | ce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 habites | nsubj |
| 6 | que | que | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 habites | nsubj |
| 7 | tu | tu | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 que | flat:foreign |
| 8 | habites | habite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 habites | punct |
| 10 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 habites | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | habite | present | Où est ce | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | work | present | Où est ce not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Several are right, like Tu habites où ? and Où habites-tu ?
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | amod |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 habites | punct |
| 5 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 7 habites | mark |
| 6 | Tu | Tu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 habites | nsubj |
| 7 | habites | habite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | où | où | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 habites | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 où | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 habites | cc |
| 11 | Où | Où | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 habites | nsubj |
| 12 | habites | habite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 habites | conj |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 tu | punct |
| 14 | tu | tu | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 habites | nsubj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | habite | present | Tu | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | habite | present | Où | tree rules |
Option 4
Only Où habites-tu ? is ever correct
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 habites | advmod |
| 2 | Où | Où | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 habites | compound |
| 3 | habites | habite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tu | nmod:poss |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 habites | punct |
| 5 | tu | tu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 correct | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 tu | punct |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 correct | cop |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 correct | advmod |
| 9 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Où habites's tu | ever | correct property | tree rules |
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