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Test 8 · ★★★ · Questions and simple sentences

Max from Toronto asks his classmate "Tu es français ?" and gets "Non, je suis québécois !" He goes, "Oops, eh." What did he forget?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max, Tu · What happens: ask, e, get, go, forget · To what, where: classmate, français, Non · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Max from Toronto asks his classmate "Tu es français ?" and gets "Non, je suis québécois !"

nsubjcasenmodnmod:possobjpunctnsubjparataxisobjpunctpunctccconjpunctobjpunctdepcompoundappospunctpunctrootMaxPROPNfromADPTorontoPROPNasksVERBhisPRONclassmateNOUN"PUNCTTuPROPNesVERBfrançaisNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCTandCCONJgetsVERB"PUNCTNonPROPN,PUNCTjeXsuisXquébécoisNOUN!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MaxMaxPROPNNumber=Sing4 asksnsubj
2fromfromADP_3 Torontocase
3TorontoTorontoPROPNNumber=Sing1 Maxnmod
4asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 classmatenmod:poss
6classmateclassmateNOUNNumber=Sing4 asksobj
7""PUNCT_9 espunct
8TuTuPROPNNumber=Sing9 esnsubj
9eseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 asksparataxis
10françaisfrançaiNOUNNumber=Plur9 esobj
11??PUNCT_9 espunct
12""PUNCT_9 espunct
13andandCCONJ_14 getscc
14getsgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 asksconj
15""PUNCT_16 Nonpunct
16NonNonPROPNNumber=Sing14 getsobj
17,,PUNCT_20 québécoispunct
18jejeXForeign=Yes20 québécoisdep
19suissuisXForeign=Yes20 québécoiscompound
20québécoisquébécoisNOUNNumber=Sing16 Nonappos
21!!PUNCT_20 québécoispunct
22""PUNCT_20 québécoispunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpresentMax from TorontoMax's classmatevn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent classmate=Recipient clause=Topic
2e in a quotepresentTufrançaistree rules
3getpresentMax from Toronto not said hereNonvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer non=Stimulus

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 goes, "Oops, eh."

nsubjpunctpunctdiscoursepunctdiscoursepunctpunctrootHePRONgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTOopsINTJ,PUNCTehINTJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 goesnsubj
2goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_2 goespunct
4""PUNCT_5 Oopspunct
5OopsoopsINTJ_2 goesdiscourse
6,,PUNCT_7 ehpunct
7ehehINTJ_5 Oopsdiscourse
8..PUNCT_2 goespunct
9""PUNCT_2 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentTuvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What did he forget?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdidAUXhePRONforgetVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 forgetobj
2diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 forgetaux
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 forgetnsubj
4forgetforgetVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 forgetpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1forgetpast · do-supportTutree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

French is spoken in Quebec, in Canada, not only in France

nsubj:passaux:passcaseoblpunctcaseoblpunctadvmodadvmodcaseoblrootFrenchPROPNisAUXspokenVERBinADPQuebecPROPN,PUNCTinADPCanadaPROPN,PUNCTnotPARTonlyADVinADPFrancePROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FrenchFrenchPROPNNumber=Sing3 spokennsubj:pass
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 spokenaux:pass
3spokenspeakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4ininADP_5 Quebeccase
5QuebecQuebecPROPNNumber=Sing3 spokenobl
6,,PUNCT_8 Canadapunct
7ininADP_8 Canadacase
8CanadaCanadaPROPNNumber=Sing3 spokenobl
9,,PUNCT_13 Francepunct
10notnotPARTPolarity=Neg13 Franceadvmod
11onlyonlyADV_13 Franceadvmod
12ininADP_13 Francecase
13FranceFrancePROPNNumber=Sing3 spokenobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1speak speech: otherpresent · passiveFrenchQuebecin Canada; in Francetree rules

Option 2

Québécois is a type of French food

nsubjcopdetcaseamodnmodrootQuébécoisPROPNisAUXaDETtypeNOUNofADPFrenchADJfoodNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1QuébécoisQuébécoisPROPNNumber=Sing4 typensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 typecop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 typedet
4typetypeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ofofADP_7 foodcase
6FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Pos7 foodamod
7foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing4 typenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentQuébécoisa typeof French foodtree rules

Option 3

People in Quebec speak only English

nsubjcasenmodadvmodoblrootPeopleNOUNinADPQuebecPROPNspeakVERBonlyADVEnglishPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PeoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur4 speaknsubj
2ininADP_3 Quebeccase
3QuebecQuebecPROPNNumber=Sing1 Peoplenmod
4speakspeakVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5onlyonlyADV_6 Englishadvmod
6EnglishEnglishPROPNNumber=Sing4 speakobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1speak speech: otherpresentPeople in QuebecEnglishvn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Quebec is a city in France

nsubjcopdetcasenmodrootQuebecPROPNisAUXaDETcityNOUNinADPFrancePROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1QuebecQuebecPROPNNumber=Sing4 citynsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 citycop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 citydet
4citycityNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ininADP_6 Francecase
6FranceFrancePROPNNumber=Sing4 citynmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentQuebeca cityFrancetree 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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