Test 1 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days
Jayden from London writes, "Happy Bastille Day, bruv!" and his penpal answers "Ici on dit le 14 Juillet !" What is she telling him?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jayden, penpal · What happens: write, answer, tell · To what, where: Happy Bastille Day, dit le Juillet, Ici · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 33 «14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days» 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: Jayden from London writes, "Happy Bastille Day, bruv!" and his penpal answers "Ici on dit le 14 Juillet !"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 London | case |
| 3 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jayden | nmod |
| 4 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Day | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Day | punct |
| 7 | Happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Day | amod |
| 8 | Bastille | Bastille | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Day | compound |
| 9 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bruv | punct |
| 11 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Day | appos |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 Day | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Day | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 answers | cc |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 penpal | nmod:poss |
| 16 | penpal | penpal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 answers | nsubj |
| 17 | answers | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 writes | conj |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 Ici | punct |
| 19 | Ici | Ici | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 answers | obj |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 dit | case |
| 21 | dit | dit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Juillet | compound |
| 22 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Juillet | compound |
| 23 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 22 le | flat |
| 24 | Juillet | juillet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 answers | obj |
| 25 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 24 Juillet | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Juillet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | Jayden from London | Happy Bastille Day | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | present | Jayden's penpal | dit le Juillet | Ici | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent ici=Theme juillet=Eventuality |
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 she telling him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 telling | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 telling | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 telling | nsubj |
| 4 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 telling | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 telling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · progressive | penpal | Ici | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Bastille Day is a different date
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bastille | Bastille | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 date | nsubj |
| 2 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Bastille | flat |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 date | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 date | det |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 date | amod |
| 6 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Bastille | a different date | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
In France they call it le 14 Juillet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 France | case |
| 2 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 call | obl |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 call | nsubj |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 call | obj |
| 6 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Juillet | compound |
| 7 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 le | flat |
| 8 | Juillet | juillet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 call | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | they | it | France | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
Option 3
It's rude to mention the Bastille
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 rude | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rude | cop |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 mention | mark |
| 5 | mention | mention | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 rude | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Bastille | det |
| 7 | Bastille | Bastille | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 mention | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mention speech: other | to-infinitive | the Bastille | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bastille=Topic |
Option 4
The French don't have a national day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 French | det |
| 2 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 have | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | advmod |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present · do-support | the French | day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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