Test 8 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days
Josh from Lyon goes, "Is everyone busking? Mate, this is sick. Do I need a ticket?" (sick = great) What's the answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, everyone, this, I · What happens: go, busk, be, need · To what, where: ticket, answer
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Josh from Lyon goes, "Is everyone busking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Lyon | case |
| 3 | Lyon | Lyon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Josh | nmod |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 7 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 busking | aux |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 busking | nsubj |
| 9 | busking | busk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 goes | advcl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Josh from Lyon | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | busk in a quote | present · progressive | everyone | 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: Mate, this is sick.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sick | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 sick | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sick | cop |
| 5 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | Mate vocative; sick property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Do I need a ticket?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 need | aux |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 need | nsubj |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ticket | det |
| 5 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 need | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 need | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 need | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present · do-support | I | a ticket | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ticket=Theme |
Sentence 4: (sick = great) What's the answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 sick | punct |
| 2 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 answer | csubj |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 great | punct |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sick | conj |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 sick | punct |
| 6 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 answer | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 answer | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 answer | det |
| 9 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, but only for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 children | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 children | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 children | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 children | case |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
No, because it's only on the radio
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 radio | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 radio | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 radio | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 radio | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 radio | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 radio | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 radio | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 radio | det |
| 9 | radio | radio | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | the radio | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, la Fête de la musique is free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 Fête | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | la | la | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 Fête | flat:foreign |
| 4 | Fête | Fête | X | _ | 7 musique | compound |
| 5 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 Fête | flat:foreign |
| 6 | la | la | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 Fête | flat:foreign |
| 7 | musique | musique | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 free | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 free | cop |
| 9 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Fête musique | free property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, every street needs a ticket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 street | det |
| 4 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | nsubj |
| 5 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ticket | det |
| 7 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | every street | a ticket | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ticket=Theme |
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