Test 11 · ★★ · False friends
What would happen if a tourist went into a "Location de vélos" to ask where the bikes were made?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tourist · What happens: happen, go, ask, make · To what, where: Location vélos, bikes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 35 «False friends» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 went | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tourist | det |
| 6 | tourist | tourist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 went | nsubj |
| 7 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 vélos | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 vélos | det |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 vélos | punct |
| 11 | Location | location | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 vélos | compound |
| 12 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 11 Location | flat:foreign |
| 13 | vélos | vélo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 went | obl |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 vélos | punct |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 ask | mark |
| 16 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 went | advcl |
| 17 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 21 made | advmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 bikes | det |
| 19 | bikes | bike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 made | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 made | aux:pass |
| 21 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 ask | ccomp |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | go a condition, not said to happen | past | a tourist | a Location vélos | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into vélo=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | a tourist not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | make | past · passive | the bikes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They'd find out it's a place to hire bikes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | aux |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 find | compound:prt |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 place | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 place | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 place | det |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 find | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 hire | mark |
| 10 | hire | hire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 place | acl |
| 11 | bikes | bike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 hire | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | would | They | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a place | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | hire | to-infinitive | They not said here | bikes | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme |
Option 2
They'd be shown a map of bike shops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shown | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 shown | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 shown | aux:pass |
| 4 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 map | det |
| 6 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shown | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 shops | case |
| 8 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shops | compound |
| 9 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 map | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | would · passive | They | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient map=Topic |
Option 3
They'd get a tour of a bike factory
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tour | det |
| 5 | tour | tour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 factory | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 factory | det |
| 8 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 factory | compound |
| 9 | factory | factory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | They | a tour of a bike factory | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tour=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | tour | a bike factory | nom tour «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
They'd be sent to a museum of bikes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sent | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sent | aux:pass |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 museum | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 museum | det |
| 7 | museum | museum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 bikes | case |
| 9 | bikes | bike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 museum | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | would · passive | They | a museum of bikes | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to museum=Destination |
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