Test 12 · ★★ · False friends Noah from Ohio hears "la lecture" and groans, "A lecture? I thought we were reading a story!" What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Noah, I, we · What happens: hear, groan, think, read, be · To what, where: la lecture, lecture, story · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★★ 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 Sentence 1: Noah from Ohio hears "la lecture" and groans, "A lecture?
nsubj case nmod punct compound obj punct cc conj punct punct det obl punct root Noah PROPN from ADP Ohio PROPN hears VERB " PUNCT la ADJ lecture NOUN " PUNCT and CCONJ groans VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT A DET lecture NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 4 hears nsubj 2 from from ADP _ 3 Ohio case 3 Ohio Ohio PROPN Number=Sing 1 Noah nmod 4 hears hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 7 lecture punct 6 la la ADJ Degree=Pos 7 lecture compound 7 lecture lecture NOUN Number=Sing 4 hears obj 8 " " PUNCT _ 7 lecture punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 groans cc 10 groans groan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 hears conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 lecture punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 14 lecture punct 13 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 lecture det 14 lecture lecture NOUN Number=Sing 10 groans obl 15 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 hears punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hear present Noah from Ohio la lecture vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lecture=Stimulus 2 groan present Noah from Ohio not said here a lecture vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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: I thought we were reading a story!"
nsubj nsubj aux ccomp det obj punct punct root I PRON thought VERB we PRON were AUX reading VERB a DET story NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 thought nsubj 2 thought think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 reading nsubj 4 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 reading aux 5 reading read VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 thought ccomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 story det 7 story story NOUN Number=Sing 5 reading obj 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 5 reading punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 2 thought punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other past I vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 read past · progressive we a story vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's 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 La lecture is a school test
det nsubj cop det compound root La DET lecture NOUN is AUX a DET school NOUN test NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 La la DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lecture det 2 lecture lecture NOUN Number=Sing 6 test nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 test cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 test det 5 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 test compound 6 test test NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present la lecture a school test tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It means reading: story time
nsubj xcomp punct compound obl root It PRON means VERB reading VERB : PUNCT story NOUN time NOUN 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 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 reading read VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 : : PUNCT _ 6 time punct 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 time compound 6 time time NOUN Number=Sing 3 reading obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present It vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 read not said to happen gerund time vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 La lecture is a long, boring talk
det nsubj cop det amod punct amod root La DET lecture NOUN is AUX a DET long ADJ , PUNCT boring ADJ talk NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 La la DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lecture det 2 lecture lecture NOUN Number=Sing 8 talk nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 talk cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 talk det 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 8 talk amod 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 long punct 7 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos 8 talk amod 8 talk talk NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present la lecture a long boring talk tree rules
Option 4 La lecture is a letter to parents
det nsubj cop det case nmod root La DET lecture NOUN is AUX a DET letter NOUN to ADP parents NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 La la DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lecture det 2 lecture lecture NOUN Number=Sing 5 letter nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 letter cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 letter det 5 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 to to ADP _ 7 parents case 7 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 5 letter nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present la lecture a letter to parents tree rules
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