Test 2 · Songs and rhymes Ruby from Belfast thinks "Alouette" is a soppy love song for a bird. Her teacher explains the words. Why does Ruby go "Ach, that's awful"?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, Alouette, teacher, that · What happens: think, be, explain, go · To what, where: soppy love song, words, Ach · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 31 «Songs and rhymes» 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 Belfast thinks "Alouette" is a soppy love song for a bird.
nsubj case nmod punct nsubj punct cop det amod compound ccomp case det nmod punct root Ruby PROPN from ADP Belfast PROPN thinks VERB " PUNCT Alouette PROPN " PUNCT is AUX a DET soppy ADJ love NOUN song NOUN for ADP a DET bird NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 4 thinks nsubj 2 from from ADP _ 3 Belfast case 3 Belfast Belfast PROPN Number=Sing 1 Ruby nmod 4 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Alouette punct 6 Alouette Alouette PROPN Number=Sing 12 song nsubj 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 Alouette punct 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 song cop 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 song det 10 soppy soppy ADJ Degree=Pos 12 song amod 11 love love NOUN Number=Sing 12 song compound 12 song song NOUN Number=Sing 4 thinks ccomp 13 for for ADP _ 15 bird case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 bird det 15 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 12 song nmod 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 thinks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present Ruby from Belfast vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present Alouette a soppy love song for a bird 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: Her teacher explains the words.
nmod:poss nsubj det obj punct root Her PRON teacher NOUN explains VERB the DET words NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 teacher nmod:poss 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 explains nsubj 3 explains explain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 words det 5 words word NOUN Number=Plur 3 explains obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 explains punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 explain speech: assert present bird's teacher the words vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
Sentence 3: Why does Ruby go "Ach, that's awful"?
advmod aux nsubj punct obj punct nsubj cop conj punct punct root Why ADV does AUX Ruby PROPN go VERB " PUNCT Ach PROPN , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX awful ADJ " PUNCT ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 go advmod 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 go aux 3 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 4 go nsubj 4 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Ach punct 6 Ach Ach PROPN Number=Sing 4 go obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 awful punct 8 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 10 awful nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 awful cop 10 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Ach conj 11 " " PUNCT _ 6 Ach punct 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 go punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present · do-support Ruby Ach vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ach=Theme 2 is in a quote present that awful property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The bird is cooked in the very first line
det nsubj:pass aux:pass case det advmod amod obl root The DET bird NOUN is AUX cooked VERB in ADP the DET very ADV first ADJ line NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bird det 2 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 4 cooked nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 cooked aux:pass 4 cooked cook VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 9 line case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 line det 7 very very ADV _ 8 first advmod 8 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 9 line amod 9 line line NOUN Number=Sing 4 cooked obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cook present · passive the bird in the first line vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in line=Instrument
Option 2 The bird flies away and never comes back
det nsubj advmod cc advmod conj advmod root The DET bird NOUN flies VERB away ADV and CCONJ never ADV comes VERB back ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bird det 2 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 3 flies nsubj 3 flies fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 away away ADV _ 3 flies advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 comes cc 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 comes advmod 7 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 flies conj 8 back back ADV _ 7 comes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fly away present the bird away property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 not come back present the bird not said here vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 The song says birds are ugly and stupid
det nsubj nsubj cop ccomp cc conj root The DET song NOUN says VERB birds NOUN are AUX ugly ADJ and CCONJ stupid ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 song det 2 song song NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 6 ugly nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 ugly cop 6 ugly ugly ADJ Degree=Pos 3 says ccomp 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 stupid cc 8 stupid stupid ADJ Degree=Pos 6 ugly conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present the song vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present birds ugly property tree rules 3 be birds not said here tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer It's about plucking the bird
nsubj aux mark det obj root It PRON 's AUX about SCONJ plucking VERB the DET bird NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 plucking nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 plucking aux 3 about about SCONJ _ 4 plucking mark 4 plucking pluck VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 bird det 6 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 4 plucking obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pluck present · progressive It the bird vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient
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