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Test 9 · Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style

Harry from Swansea asks, "Fat Tuesday? Why's Tuesday fat, like?" Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harry · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: Tuesday fat, best answer

This is test 9 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: Harry from Swansea asks, "Fat Tuesday?

nsubjcasenmodpunctpunctcompoundoblpunctrootHarryPROPNfromADPSwanseaPROPNasksVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTFatPROPNTuesdayPROPN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HarryHarryPROPNNumber=Sing4 asksnsubj
2fromfromADP_3 Swanseacase
3SwanseaSwanseaPROPNNumber=Sing1 Harrynmod
4asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_8 Tuesdaypunct
6""PUNCT_8 Tuesdaypunct
7FatFatPROPNNumber=Sing8 Tuesdaycompound
8TuesdayTuesdayPROPNNumber=Sing4 asksobl
9??PUNCT_4 askspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpresentHarry from Swanseatuesdayvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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: Why's Tuesday fat, like?"

advmodcopcompoundpunctnmodpunctpunctrootWhyADV'sAUXTuesdayPROPNfatNOUN,PUNCTlikeADP?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 fatadvmod
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 fatcop
3TuesdayTuesdayPROPNNumber=Sing4 fatcompound
4fatfatNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5,,PUNCT_6 likepunct
6likelikeADP_4 fatnmod
7??PUNCT_4 fatpunct
8""PUNCT_4 fatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentTuesday fattree rules

Sentence 3: Which is the best answer?

nsubjcopdetamodpunctrootWhichPRONisAUXtheDETbestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel5 answernsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 answercop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 answerdet
4bestgoodADJDegree=Sup5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 answerpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe best answertree rules

The options

Option 1

It's when the shops have a big sale

nsubjcopmarkdetnsubjdetamodobjrootItPRON'sAUXwhenSCONJtheDETshopsNOUNhaveVERBaDETbigADJsaleNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 havensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 havecop
3whenwhenSCONJ_6 havemark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 shopsdet
5shopsshopNOUNNumber=Plur6 havensubj
6havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 saledet
8bigbigADJDegree=Pos9 saleamod
9salesaleNOUNNumber=Sing6 haveobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentIthave propertytree rules

Option 2

It's the longest Tuesday of the whole year

nsubjcopdetamodcasedetamodnmodrootItPRON'sAUXtheDETlongestADJTuesdayPROPNofADPtheDETwholeADJyearNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 Tuesdaynsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 Tuesdaycop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Tuesdaydet
4longestlongADJDegree=Sup5 Tuesdayamod
5TuesdayTuesdayPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
6ofofADP_9 yearcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 yeardet
8wholewholeADJDegree=Pos9 yearamod
9yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing5 Tuesdaynmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentItthe longest Tuesdayyeartree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was the last day for rich food before Lent

nsubjcopdetamodcaseamodnmodcasenmodrootItPRONwasAUXtheDETlastADJdayNOUNforADPrichADJfoodNOUNbeforeADPLentPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 daynsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 daycop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 daydet
4lastlastADJDegree=Pos5 dayamod
5daydayNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6forforADP_8 foodcase
7richrichADJDegree=Pos8 foodamod
8foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing5 daynmod
9beforebeforeADP_10 Lentcase
10LentLentPROPNNumber=Sing5 daynmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastItthe last daybefore Lentfor rich foodtree rules

Option 4

People eat only fat on that Tuesday

nsubjadvmodxcompcasedetoblrootPeopleNOUNeatVERBonlyADVfatADJonADPthatDETTuesdayPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PeoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur2 eatnsubj
2eateatVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3onlyonlyADV_4 fatadvmod
4fatfatADJDegree=Pos2 eatxcomp
5ononADP_7 Tuesdaycase
6thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem7 Tuesdaydet
7TuesdayTuesdayPROPNNumber=Sing2 eatobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eatpresentPeopletuesdayfat propertyvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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