Test 12 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days
What would happen if you talked loudly at the monument aux morts on 11 November?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, talk · To what, where: aux morts
This is test 12 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 talked | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 talked | nsubj |
| 6 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 6 talked | advmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 morts | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 morts | det |
| 10 | monument | monument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 aux | compound |
| 11 | aux | aux | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 morts | compound |
| 12 | morts | mort | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 talked | obl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 11 | case |
| 14 | 11 | 11 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 morts | nmod |
| 15 | November | November | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 11 | nmod:unmarked |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | talk a condition, not said to happen | past | you | the aux morts on 11 November | loudly property | vn talk-37.5 «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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
You'd win a prize for the loudest voice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 win | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 win | aux |
| 3 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prize | det |
| 5 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 win | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 voice | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 voice | det |
| 8 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 voice | amod |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 win | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | would | You | a prize | for the loudest voice | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent prize=Theme for voice=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Nothing, it's a noisy party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 party | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 party | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 party | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 party | det |
| 6 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 party | amod |
| 7 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing | a noisy party | tree rules |
Option 3
Everyone would join in the singing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 join | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 join | aux |
| 3 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 singing | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 singing | det |
| 6 | singing | singing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 join | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | would | Everyone | in the singing | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in singing=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
People would find it rude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | aux |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | obj |
| 5 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 find | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | would | People | it | rude property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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