Test 7 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days
Sophie sees white flowers sold on every corner in Paris on 1 May and asks, "Is it someone's wedding?" What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophie, corner · What happens: see, sell, ask, be, go on · To what, where: white flowers, corner, wedding · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Sophie sees white flowers sold on every corner in Paris on 1 May and asks, "Is it someone's wedding?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | Sophie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 flowers | amod |
| 4 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sees | obj |
| 5 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 flowers | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 corner | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 corner | det |
| 8 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sold | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Paris | case |
| 10 | Paris | Paris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 corner | nmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 1 | case |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 sold | obl |
| 13 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 1 | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 asks | cc |
| 15 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sees | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 wedding | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 wedding | punct |
| 18 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 wedding | cop |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 wedding | nsubj |
| 20 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 22 wedding | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 someone | case |
| 22 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 asks | ccomp |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 22 wedding | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 wedding | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Sophie | white flowers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flower=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | sell | participle | white flowers not said here | every corner in Paris | on 1 May | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent on corner=Asset | |||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | present | Sophie not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | corner | someone's wedding | tree rules |
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's going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
People give muguet for good luck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | nsubj |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | muguet | muguet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 give | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 luck | case |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 luck | amod |
| 6 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | People | muguet | for good luck | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent muguet=Theme for luck=Asset |
Option 2
The flowers are for the war memorial
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 flowers | det |
| 2 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 memorial | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 memorial | cop |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 memorial | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 memorial | det |
| 6 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 memorial | compound |
| 7 | memorial | memorial | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the flowers | for the war memorial | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It's la rentrée, flowers for teachers
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 la | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 la | cop |
| 3 | la | la | X | Foreign=Yes | root | root |
| 4 | rentrée | rentrée | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 la | flat:foreign |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 flowers | punct |
| 6 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 la | parataxis |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 teachers | case |
| 8 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 flowers | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
It's the wedding day of the president
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 day | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 day | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 day | compound |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 president | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 president | det |
| 8 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 day | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the wedding day | of the president | tree rules |
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