Test 5 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days
Max from Bristol goes, "Flying bells instead of a bunny? Proper job, mate." What do French children hear?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, French children · What happens: go, fly, hear · To what, where: bells
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Max from Bristol goes, "Flying bells instead of a bunny?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Bristol | case |
| 3 | Bristol | Bristol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Max | nmod |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Flying | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Flying | punct |
| 7 | Flying | fly | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 goes | advcl |
| 8 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 Flying | obj |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 12 bunny | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 instead | fixed |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bunny | det |
| 12 | bunny | bunny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Flying | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Max from Bristol | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fly in a quote | gerund | Max from Bristol not said here | bells | instead a bunny | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |
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: Proper job, mate."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 job | amod |
| 2 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 job | vocative |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 job | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 job | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What do French children hear?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 hear | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hear | aux |
| 3 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 children | amod |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hear | nsubj |
| 5 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present · do-support | French children | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The bells are chocolate and you eat them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bells | det |
| 2 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 chocolate | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chocolate | cop |
| 4 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 eat | cc |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 eat | nsubj |
| 7 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chocolate | conj |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the bells | chocolate | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | present | you | bells = bell | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 2
The bells ring to wake the Easter bunny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bells | det |
| 2 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ring | nsubj |
| 3 | ring | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 wake | mark |
| 5 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ring | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bunny | det |
| 7 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 bunny | compound |
| 8 | bunny | bunny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wake | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | present | the bells | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wake | to-infinitive | the bells not said here | the Easter bunny | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bunny=Patient |
Option 3
The bells fly to Paris for the parade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bells | det |
| 2 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fly | nsubj |
| 3 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Paris | case |
| 5 | Paris | Paris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fly | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 parade | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parade | det |
| 8 | parade | parade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | present | the bells | Paris | for the parade | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to paris=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The bells fly to Rome and bring eggs back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bells | det |
| 2 | bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fly | nsubj |
| 3 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Rome | case |
| 5 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fly | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bring | cc |
| 7 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fly | conj |
| 8 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 bring | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 bring | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | present | the bells | Rome | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to rome=Result | ||||
| 2 | bring back | infinitive | the bells not said here | eggs | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent egg=Theme |
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