Test 6 · Songs and rhymes
Max from Newcastle plays the wolf game and goes, "Howay, I'm off!" as soon as the wolf says "Je mets ma chemise !" What's the problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max, I, wolf, Je, problem · What happens: play, go, be, say, chemise · To what, where: wolf game, Howay · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Max from Newcastle plays the wolf game and goes, "Howay, I'm off!" as soon as the wolf says "Je mets ma chemise !"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 plays | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Newcastle | case |
| 3 | Newcastle | Newcastle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Max | nmod |
| 4 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 game | det |
| 6 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 game | compound |
| 7 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plays | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 goes | cc |
| 9 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 plays | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Howay | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Howay | punct |
| 12 | Howay | Howay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 goes | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 off | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 off | nsubj |
| 15 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 off | cop |
| 16 | off | off | ADV | _ | 4 plays | parataxis |
| 17 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 16 off | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 plays | punct |
| 19 | as | as | ADV | _ | 20 soon | advmod |
| 20 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 plays | advmod |
| 21 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 says | mark |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 wolf | det |
| 23 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 says | nsubj |
| 24 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 soon | advcl |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 chemise | punct |
| 26 | Je | Je | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 chemise | nsubj |
| 27 | mets | mets | X | Foreign=Yes | 29 chemise | dep |
| 28 | ma | ma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 chemise | compound |
| 29 | chemise | chemise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 says | ccomp |
| 30 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 29 chemise | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 chemise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | Max from Newcastle | the wolf game | soon property | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent game=Theme clause=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | go | present | Max from Newcastle not said here | Howay | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | I | off property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | say speech: express | present | the wolf | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | chemise in a quote | Je | 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: What's the problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | 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 problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He runs too early, before the wolf shouts J'arrive !
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 runs | nsubj |
| 2 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 early | advmod |
| 4 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 runs | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 shouts | punct |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 9 shouts | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wolf | det |
| 8 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shouts | nsubj |
| 9 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 runs | conj |
| 10 | J'arrive | J'arrive | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 shouts | obj |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | He | early property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | the wolf | J'arrive | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent j'arrive=Topic |
Option 2
The wolf never chases anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wolf | det |
| 2 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chases | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 chases | advmod |
| 4 | chases | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 chases | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not chase | present | the wolf | anyone | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |
Option 3
Nothing, you run on the first clothes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 run | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 run | nsubj |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 clothes | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 clothes | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 clothes | amod |
| 8 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | you | the first clothes | Nothing vocative | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on clothes=Trajectory |
Option 4
He should run when the wolf says bonjour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 run | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | aux |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 says | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wolf | det |
| 6 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | advcl |
| 8 | bonjour | bonjour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | should | He | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the wolf | bonjour | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bonjour=Topic |
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