Test 8 · ★ · France and the French-speaking world
★ Ollie from Hull sees French street signs in Jersey and asks, "Are we in France now, like?" What's the answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, we, answer · What happens: see, ask, be · To what, where: French street signs, Jersey, France · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: ★ Ollie from Hull sees French street signs in Jersey and asks, "Are we in France now, like?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | flat |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Hull | case |
| 4 | Hull | Hull | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 signs | amod |
| 7 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 signs | compound |
| 8 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sees | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Jersey | case |
| 10 | Jersey | Jersey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 signs | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 asks | cc |
| 12 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sees | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 France | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 France | punct |
| 15 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 France | cop |
| 16 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 France | nsubj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 France | case |
| 18 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 asks | obl |
| 19 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 asks | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 like | punct |
| 21 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 asks | obl |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 asks | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | ★ from Hull | French street signs | Jersey | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | ★ from Hull not said here | now | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | we | France | 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 the answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | 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 · ✓ the right answer
No, Jersey isn't France; it has French names
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 France | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Jersey | Jersey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 France | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 France | cop |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 France | advmod |
| 6 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 has | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 has | nsubj |
| 9 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 France | acl:relcl |
| 10 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 names | amod |
| 11 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | Jersey | France | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | it | French names | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |
Option 2
No, Jersey is part of Spain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 part | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Jersey | Jersey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 part | cop |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Spain | case |
| 7 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Jersey | part | of Spain | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, the signs show it's French
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 show | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 signs | det |
| 4 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 show | nsubj |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 French | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 French | cop |
| 8 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 show | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the signs | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | french property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, Jersey is part of France
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 part | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Jersey | Jersey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 part | cop |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 France | case |
| 7 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Jersey | part | of France | 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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world/t8/