Test 3 · ★ · English words that came from French
Ava from Ohio texts "walla!" after finishing her art. What should she write?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: walla, Ohio · What happens: finish, write · To what, where: art
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 36 «English words that came from French» 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: Ava from Ohio texts "walla!" after finishing her art.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 texts | compound |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Ohio | case |
| 3 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ava | nmod |
| 4 | texts | text | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 walla | punct |
| 6 | walla | walla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 texts | conj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 walla | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 walla | punct |
| 9 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 finishing | mark |
| 10 | finishing | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 walla | acl |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 art | nmod:poss |
| 12 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 finishing | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 texts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | gerund | walla not said here | Ohio's art | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality art=Eventuality |
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 should she write?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 write | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 write | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 write | nsubj |
| 4 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 write | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | should | Ohio | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
walla, it's fine as it is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walla | walla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 walla | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fine | expl |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fine | cop |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fine | obl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fine | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | walla | as it; fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
wallah, with an h at the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wallah | wallah | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 h | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 h | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 h | det |
| 5 | h | H | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wallah | appos |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 h | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
voilà, with an accent on the à
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | voilà | voilà | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 accent | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 accent | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 accent | det |
| 5 | accent | accent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 voilà | appos |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 à | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 à | det |
| 8 | à | à | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 accent | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
voila, with no accent at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | voila | voila | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 accent | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 accent | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 accent | det |
| 5 | accent | accent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 voila | appos |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 accent | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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