Test 5 · Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style
Lucas from Leeds asks, "Is the fève a choking hazard, though?" What is the sensible answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lucas, sensible answer · What happens: ask, choke, be · To what, where: choking hazard · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Lucas from Leeds asks, "Is the fève a choking hazard, though?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas | Lucas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Leeds | case |
| 3 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Lucas | nmod |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hazard | parataxis |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| 7 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hazard | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fève | det |
| 9 | fève | fève | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Is | nsubj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hazard | det |
| 11 | choking | choke | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 hazard | amod |
| 12 | hazard | hazard | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 though | punct |
| 14 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 12 hazard | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 hazard | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 hazard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Lucas from Leeds | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | choke in a quote | gerund | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | a choking hazard | 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 is the sensible answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sensible answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's small, so you eat slowly and carefully
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 | 3 small | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 small | cop |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 eat | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 eat | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 eat | nsubj |
| 7 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 small | conj |
| 8 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 7 eat | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 carefully | cc |
| 10 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 8 slowly | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | small property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | present | you | slowly property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It's a real bean, so it's healthy
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 | 5 bean | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bean | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bean | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bean | amod |
| 5 | bean | bean | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 healthy | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 healthy | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 healthy | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 healthy | cop |
| 10 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bean | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a real bean | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | bean | healthy property | tree rules |
Option 3
It's never inside the cake, it's on top
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 | 6 cake | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cake | cop |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 cake | advmod |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 6 cake | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cake | det |
| 6 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 top | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 top | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 top | cop |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 top | case |
| 11 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cake | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | It | the cake and top | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | top | tree rules |
Option 4
It's made of chocolate, so you can swallow it
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 | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 chocolate | case |
| 5 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 swallow | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 swallow | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 swallow | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 swallow | aux |
| 10 | swallow | swallow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 swallow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | It | of chocolate | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | swallow | can | you | chocolate | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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