Test 4 · ★★ · False friends
Leo from Sydney goes, "Attending the bus? Like a meeting? Yeah nah." What should he understand?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo · What happens: go, attend, understand · To what, where: bus
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Leo from Sydney goes, "Attending the bus?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Sydney | case |
| 3 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Leo | nmod |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Attending | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Attending | punct |
| 7 | Attending | attend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 goes | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bus | det |
| 9 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Attending | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Leo from Sydney | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | attend in a quote | gerund | Leo from Sydney not said here | the bus | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bus=Goal |
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: Like a meeting?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 3 meeting | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 meeting | det |
| 3 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 meeting | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Yeah nah."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 nah | discourse |
| 2 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 nah | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 nah | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What should he understand?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 understand | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 understand | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 understand | nsubj |
| 4 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 understand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand | should | Leo | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His friend hates the bus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hates | nsubj |
| 3 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bus | det |
| 5 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hates | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | His friend | the bus | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
His friend is waiting for the bus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waiting | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 waiting | aux |
| 4 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 bus | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bus | det |
| 7 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waiting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | present · progressive | His friend | for the bus | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
His friend is driving the bus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 driving | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 driving | aux |
| 4 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bus | det |
| 6 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 driving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | present · progressive | His friend | the bus | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent bus=Location |
Option 4
His friend is going to a bus meeting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 going | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 going | aux |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 meeting | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 meeting | det |
| 7 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 meeting | compound |
| 8 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | His friend | a bus meeting | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to meeting=Initial_Location |
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