Test 10 · ★ · France and the French-speaking world
Noah from Liverpool says "PARR-iss" and his teacher says, "Right city, wrong sound." What should he say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, teacher · What happens: say · To what, where: PARR, Right city · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «France and the French-speaking world» 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: Noah from Liverpool says "PARR-iss" and his teacher says, "Right city, wrong sound."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Liverpool | case |
| 3 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Noah | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 PARR | punct |
| 6 | PARR | parr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obj |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 iss | punct |
| 8 | iss | ISS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 PARR | appos |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 PARR | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 says | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 12 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 says | nsubj |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 city | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 city | punct |
| 16 | Right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 city | amod |
| 17 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 says | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sound | punct |
| 19 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 sound | amod |
| 20 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 city | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 city | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 city | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Noah from Liverpool | PARR | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent parr=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Noah's teacher | Right city and wrong sound | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent city=Topic |
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 should he say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"pa-RISS", with a soft s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 RISS | punct |
| 2 | pa | pa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 RISS | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 RISS | punct |
| 4 | RISS | RISS | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 RISS | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 s | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 s | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 s | det |
| 9 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 s | amod |
| 10 | s | s | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 RISS | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
"PAH-reez", with a z
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 reez | punct |
| 2 | PAH | pah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reez | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 reez | punct |
| 4 | reez | reez | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 reez | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 z | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 z | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 z | det |
| 9 | z | z | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reez | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
"pa-REE", with a silent s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 REE | punct |
| 2 | pa | pa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 REE | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 REE | punct |
| 4 | REE | ree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 REE | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 s | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 s | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 s | det |
| 9 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 s | amod |
| 10 | s | s | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 REE | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
"par-EESS", with an s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 EESS | punct |
| 2 | par | par | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 EESS | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 EESS | punct |
| 4 | EESS | eess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 EESS | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 s | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 s | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 s | det |
| 9 | s | s | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 EESS | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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