Test 3 · Songs and rhymes
Gran from Bristol shows a photo of the broken bridge and goes, "Proper job, dancing on a broken bridge, my lover?" What do many people say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, many people · What happens: show, break, go, dance, be, say · To what, where: photo, Proper job, broken bridge · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: Gran from Bristol shows a photo of the broken bridge and goes, "Proper job, dancing on a broken bridge, my lover?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Bristol | case |
| 3 | Bristol | Bristol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Gran | nmod |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 photo | det |
| 6 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 bridge | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bridge | det |
| 9 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 bridge | amod |
| 10 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 photo | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 goes | cc |
| 12 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shows | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 job | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 job | punct |
| 15 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 job | amod |
| 16 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 goes | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 dancing | punct |
| 18 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 shows | parataxis |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 bridge | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 bridge | det |
| 21 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 bridge | amod |
| 22 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 dancing | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 lover | punct |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 lover | nmod:poss |
| 25 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 bridge | conj |
| 26 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 18 dancing | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Gran from Bristol | a photo of the broken bridge | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent photo=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | go | present | Gran from Bristol not said here | Proper job | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | dance in a quote | gerund | a broken bridge and my lover | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bridge=Location | |||||
| 5 | break in a quote | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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 do many people say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | many people | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Nobody ever danced, the song is about fishing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 danced | nsubj |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 danced | advmod |
| 3 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fishing | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 song | det |
| 6 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fishing | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fishing | cop |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 fishing | case |
| 9 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 danced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | past | Nobody | ever | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the song | about fishing | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They likely danced under it
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 danced | nsubj |
| 2 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 3 danced | advmod |
| 3 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 danced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | past | They | it | likely property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under it=Location |
Option 3
People still dance on the bridge every night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dance | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 dance | advmod |
| 3 | dance | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 bridge | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bridge | det |
| 6 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dance | obl |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dance | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | present | People | the bridge | still; night | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bridge=Location |
Option 4
The bridge broke because too many danced
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bridge | det |
| 2 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 broke | nsubj |
| 3 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 danced | mark |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 many | advmod |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 danced | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | danced | dance | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 broke | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | the bridge | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | dance | participle · passive | many | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
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