Test 4 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days
Charlie from Liverpool says, "Boss prank, la - but why a fish?" (boss = great) What's true about the fish?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Charlie, boss · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Charlie from Liverpool says, "Boss prank, la - but why a fish?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie | Charlie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Liverpool | case |
| 3 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Charlie | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 prank | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 prank | punct |
| 7 | Boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prank | compound |
| 8 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 la | punct |
| 10 | la | la | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 prank | conj |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 why | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 why | cc |
| 13 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 says | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 fish | det |
| 15 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 why | nsubj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 fish | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 fish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Charlie from Liverpool | vn 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: (boss = great) What's true about the fish?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 boss | punct |
| 2 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 true | nsubj |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 great | punct |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 boss | conj |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 boss | punct |
| 6 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 true | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 true | cop |
| 8 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 fish | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fish | det |
| 11 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 true | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | boss | about the fish; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's a paper fish: the French April fool
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 fish | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fish | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fish | det |
| 4 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fish | compound |
| 5 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 fool | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fool | det |
| 8 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fool | amod |
| 9 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 fool | compound |
| 10 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fish | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a paper fish | tree rules |
Option 2
It's a real fish from the market
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 fish | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fish | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fish | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fish | amod |
| 5 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 market | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 market | det |
| 8 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fish | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a real fish | the market | tree rules |
Option 3
It's a fish-shaped cake for Easter
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 | 7 cake | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cake | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cake | det |
| 4 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shaped | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 fish | punct |
| 6 | shaped | shape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 cake | amod |
| 7 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 Easter | case |
| 9 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cake | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shape | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a shaped cake | for Easter | tree rules |
Option 4
It's a prize for the best joke
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 | 4 prize | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 prize | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 prize | det |
| 4 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 joke | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 joke | det |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 joke | amod |
| 8 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prize | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a prize | for the best joke | tree rules |
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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