Test 7 · ★ · France and the French-speaking world
Ruby from Cork goes, "Sure Martinique can't be France, it's miles away in the sea!" What is true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, Martinique, it · What happens: go, not be, be · To what, where: France, miles · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Ruby from Cork goes, "Sure Martinique can't be France, it's miles away in the sea!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Cork | case |
| 3 | Cork | Cork | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ruby | nmod |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 France | punct |
| 7 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 12 France | discourse |
| 8 | Martinique | Martinique | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 France | nsubj |
| 9 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 France | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 France | advmod |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 France | cop |
| 12 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 miles | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 miles | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 miles | cop |
| 16 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 France | parataxis |
| 17 | away | away | ADV | _ | 16 miles | advmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 sea | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 sea | det |
| 20 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 away | obl |
| 21 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 France | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Ruby from Cork | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | can | Martinique | France | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | it | miles | away property | 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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It is part of Spain, in Europe
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 part | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 part | cop |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Spain | case |
| 5 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 part | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Europe | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Europe | case |
| 8 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | part | Europe | of Spain | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's part of France
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 part | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 part | cop |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 France | case |
| 5 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | part | of France | tree rules |
Option 3
It is its own country, using dollars
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 country | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 country | cop |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 country | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 country | amod |
| 5 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 using | punct |
| 7 | using | use | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 country | acl |
| 8 | dollars | dollar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 using | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | its own country | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | gerund | its own country not said here | dollars | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dollar=Patient |
Option 4
It is part of England, in the sea
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 part | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 part | cop |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 England | case |
| 5 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 part | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sea | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 sea | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sea | det |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 part | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | part and the sea | of England | 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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