Test 4 · ★ · English words that came from French
★ Charlie from Leeds says, "Mayday is about May Day, the spring holiday, like." What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ Charlie, Mayday · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: ★ Charlie from Leeds says, "Mayday is about May Day, the spring holiday, like."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Charlie | compound |
| 2 | Charlie | Charlie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Leeds | case |
| 4 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Charlie | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Day | punct |
| 8 | Mayday | Mayday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Day | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 Day | cop |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 Day | case |
| 11 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Day | compound |
| 12 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 holiday | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 holiday | det |
| 15 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 holiday | compound |
| 16 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Day | appos |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 like | punct |
| 18 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 holiday | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 Day | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Day | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ Charlie from Leeds | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Mayday | about May Day | tree rules |
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's true?
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It comes from French m'aider, "help me"
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 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 m'aider | case |
| 4 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 m'aider | amod |
| 5 | m'aider | m'aider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 help | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 help | punct |
| 8 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 comes | parataxis |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 help | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | It | French m'aider | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help in a quote | infinitive | me | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary |
Option 2
He's right, it's about the spring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 spring | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spring | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 spring | cop |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 spring | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 spring | det |
| 9 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | about the spring | tree rules |
Option 3
It means "today" in old English
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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 today | punct |
| 4 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 today | punct |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 English | case |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 English | amod |
| 8 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | today | in old English | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in english=Attribute |
Option 4
It comes from an English king called May
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 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 king | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 5 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 king | amod |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | obl |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 king | acl |
| 8 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | It | from a English king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from king=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | call | participle | a English king not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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