Test 10 · Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style
★★★ A French family eats la galette with five people. The youngest is under the table. How many slices does the youngest call out names for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, youngest, many slices · What happens: eat, be, call out · To what, where: galette, table, names
This is test 10 of lesson 32 «Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style» 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: ★★★ A French family eats la galette with five people.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 eats | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 4 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 5 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 family | amod |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | la | la | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 galette | det |
| 9 | galette | galette | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eats | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 people | case |
| 11 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 people | nummod |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 galette | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 eats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | ★ ★ a French family | la galette | with five people | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent galette=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: The youngest is under the table.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 youngest | det |
| 2 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 table | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 table | cop |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 table | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 table | det |
| 6 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 table | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the youngest | the table | tree rules |
Sentence 3: How many slices does the youngest call out names for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 slices | amod |
| 3 | slices | slice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 call | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 call | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 youngest | det |
| 6 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 call | nsubj |
| 7 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 call | compound:prt |
| 9 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 call | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 names | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call out speech: assert | present · do-support | many slices | names | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Four, because the youngest gets none
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 gets | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 gets | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 youngest | det |
| 5 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Four | conj |
| 7 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 6 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the youngest | none | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer none=Stimulus |
Option 2
Six, one extra for the fève
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 extra | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 extra | nummod |
| 4 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Six | amod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 fève | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fève | det |
| 7 | fève | fève | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 extra | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
One, only their own slice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 slice | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 slice | advmod |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 slice | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 slice | amod |
| 6 | slice | slice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 One | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slice | their = they | nom slice «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Five, one for each person including the youngest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 one | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Five | conj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 person | case |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 one | nmod |
| 7 | including | include | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 person | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 youngest | det |
| 9 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 including | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | include | gerund | each person not said here | the youngest | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Theme |
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