Test 2 · ★★ · False friends
★★ Theo is about to ask for "préservatif" at breakfast. Why does his teacher stop him fast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, teacher · What happens: be, ask, stop · To what, where: breakfast, ★
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: ★★ Theo is about to ask for "préservatif" at breakfast.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 about | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 3 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | flat |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 about | cop |
| 5 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 about | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 préservatif | case |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 préservatif | punct |
| 10 | préservatif | préservatif | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ask | obl |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 préservatif | punct |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 breakfast | case |
| 13 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ask | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 about | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | ★ | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | ★ not said here | breakfast | for préservatif | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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: Why does his teacher stop him fast?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 stop | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | obj |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 stop | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present · do-support | ★'s teacher | ★ | fast property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector he=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's the word for butter, not jam
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 | 4 word | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 word | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 butter | case |
| 6 | butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 word | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 jam | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 jam | advmod |
| 9 | jam | jam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 word | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the word and jam | for butter | tree rules |
Option 2
It's the word for marmalade, which he hates
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 | 4 word | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 word | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 marmalade | case |
| 6 | marmalade | marmalade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 word | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hates | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 hates | nsubj |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hates | nsubj |
| 10 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 word | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the word | for marmalade | tree rules | |||
| 2 | hate | present | the word | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
It's a very posh word nobody uses
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 | 6 word | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 word | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 word | det |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 posh | advmod |
| 5 | posh | posh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 word | amod |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 uses | nsubj |
| 8 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 word | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a posh word | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | present | nobody | a posh word not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's an embarrassing word, not jam
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 word | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 word | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 4 | embarrassing | embarrassing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 word | amod |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 jam | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 jam | advmod |
| 8 | jam | jam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 word | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a embarrassing word | 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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