Test 11 · Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style
Ruby from Brighton hears "Il est né, le divin enfant" and goes, "Bare old song, innit?" (bare = very) Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby · What happens: hear, go, innit, be · To what, where: Bare old song · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: Ruby from Brighton hears "Il est né, le divin enfant" and goes, "Bare old song, innit?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hears | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Brighton | case |
| 3 | Brighton | Brighton | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ruby | nmod |
| 4 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 est | punct |
| 6 | Il | Il | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 est | nsubj |
| 7 | est | est | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hears | conj |
| 8 | né | né | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 est | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 enfant | punct |
| 10 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 enfant | compound |
| 11 | divin | divin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 enfant | compound |
| 12 | enfant | enfant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 né | appos |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 enfant | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 goes | cc |
| 15 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 est | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 song | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 song | punct |
| 18 | Bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 song | amod |
| 19 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 song | amod |
| 20 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 goes | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 innit | punct |
| 22 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 hears | parataxis |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 22 innit | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 innit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | Ruby from Brighton | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | go | present | Ruby from Brighton not said here | Bare old song | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | innit in a quote | infinitive | 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: (bare = very) Is she right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 bare | punct |
| 2 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 very | punct |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 2 bare | advmod |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 bare | punct |
| 6 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 right | cop |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 right | nsubj |
| 8 | right | right | ADV | _ | 2 bare | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 bare | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ruby | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, it's hundreds of years old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 hundreds | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hundreds | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hundreds | cop |
| 5 | hundreds | hundred | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 years | case |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hundreds | nmod |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hundreds | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | hundreds | year | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, but it's sung only at Easter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 sung | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sung | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 sung | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sung | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sung | aux:pass |
| 6 | sung | sing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 Easter | advmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Easter | case |
| 9 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sung | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present · passive | it | Easter | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
No, it was written last year for a film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 written | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 written | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 written | aux:pass |
| 5 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 year | amod |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 written | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 film | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 film | det |
| 10 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 written | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past · passive | it | year | for a film | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for film=Beneficiary |
Option 4
No, it's a pop song from the 1990s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 song | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 song | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 song | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 song | det |
| 6 | pop | pop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 song | compound |
| 7 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 1990s | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 1990s | det |
| 10 | 1990s | 1990s | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 7 song | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a pop song | the 1990s | tree rules |
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