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Test 8 · Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style

Grace from Toronto says, "Pancake day on 2 February? Eh, it's not even Lent!" What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grace, it · What happens: say, not be, be · To what, where: Lent · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: Grace from Toronto says, "Pancake day on 2 February?

nsubjcasenmodpunctpunctcompoundoblcasenummodnmodpunctrootGracePROPNfromADPTorontoPROPNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTPancakePROPNdayNOUNonADP2NUMFebruaryPROPN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GraceGracePROPNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
2fromfromADP_3 Torontocase
3TorontoTorontoPROPNNumber=Sing1 Gracenmod
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_8 daypunct
6""PUNCT_8 daypunct
7PancakePancakePROPNNumber=Sing8 daycompound
8daydayNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysobl
9ononADP_11 Februarycase
1022NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card11 Februarynummod
11FebruaryFebruaryPROPNNumber=Sing8 daynmod
12??PUNCT_4 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentGrace from Torontodayvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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: Eh, it's not even Lent!"

punctnsubjcopadvmodadvmodappospunctpunctrootEhPROPN,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXnotPARTevenADVLentPROPN!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EhEhPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2,,PUNCT_7 Lentpunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 Lentnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 Lentcop
5notnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 Lentadvmod
6evenevenADV_7 Lentadvmod
7LentLentPROPNNumber=Sing1 Ehappos
8!!PUNCT_7 Lentpunct
9""PUNCT_7 Lentpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not is apresentitLenttree rules

Sentence 3: What's true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

2 February is Mardi gras in France

nummodnsubjcopcompoundcasenmodroot2NUMFebruaryPROPNisAUXMardiPROPNgrasNOUNinADPFrancePROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
122NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card2 Februarynummod
2FebruaryFebruaryPROPNNumber=Sing5 grasnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 grascop
4MardiMardiPROPNNumber=Sing5 grascompound
5grasgrasNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6ininADP_7 Francecase
7FranceFrancePROPNNumber=Sing5 grasnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresent2 FebruaryMardi grasFrancetree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

La Chandeleur on 2 February is France's big crêpe day

nsubjflatcasenummodnmodcopnmod:posscaseamodamodrootLaPROPNChandeleurPROPNonADP2NUMFebruaryPROPNisAUXFrancePROPN'sPARTbigADJcrêpeADJdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaLaPROPNNumber=Sing11 daynsubj
2ChandeleurChandeleurPROPNNumber=Sing1 Laflat
3ononADP_5 Februarycase
422NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card5 Februarynummod
5FebruaryFebruaryPROPNNumber=Sing1 Lanmod
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 daycop
7FranceFrancePROPNNumber=Sing11 daynmod:poss
8's'sPART_7 Francecase
9bigbigADJDegree=Pos11 dayamod
10crêpecrêpeADJDegree=Pos11 dayamod
11daydayNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentLa on 2 FebruaryFrance's big crêpe daytree rules

Option 3

The French have no pancake day at all

detnsubjdetcompoundobjcaseoblrootTheDETFrenchADJhaveVERBnoDETpancakeNOUNdayNOUNatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Frenchdet
2FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Pos3 havensubj
3havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4nonoDETPronType=Neg6 daydet
5pancakepancakeNOUNNumber=Sing6 daycompound
6daydayNOUNNumber=Sing3 haveobj
7atatADP_8 allcase
8allallDETPronType=Tot3 haveobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentthe Frenchalldayvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The French eat pancakes only at Christmas

detnsubjobjadvmodcaseoblrootTheDETFrenchADJeatVERBpancakesNOUNonlyADVatADPChristmasPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Frenchdet
2FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Pos3 eatnsubj
3eateatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4pancakespancakeNOUNNumber=Plur3 eatobj
5onlyonlyADV_7 Christmasadvmod
6atatADP_7 Christmascase
7ChristmasChristmasPROPNNumber=Sing3 eatobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eatpresentthe FrenchpancakesChristmasvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pancake=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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