Test 5 · ★ · English words that came from French
Mia from Melbourne sees RSVP on a party invite and goes, "What even is that, heaps confusing." What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, that · What happens: see, go, be, heap, do · To what, where: RSVP, party invite · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Mia from Melbourne sees RSVP on a party invite and goes, "What even is that, heaps confusing."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Melbourne | case |
| 3 | Melbourne | Melbourne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mia | nmod |
| 4 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | RSVP | rsvp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sees | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 invite | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 invite | det |
| 8 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 invite | compound |
| 9 | invite | invite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sees | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 goes | cc |
| 11 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sees | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 What | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 What | punct |
| 14 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 goes | parataxis |
| 15 | even | even | ADV | _ | 16 is | advmod |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 What | cop |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 What | nsubj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 heaps | punct |
| 19 | heaps | heap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sees | parataxis |
| 20 | confusing | confusing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 heaps | xcomp |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 heaps | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 heaps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Mia from Melbourne | RSVP | a party invite | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go | present | Mia from Melbourne not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | that | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | heap in a quote | present | confusing property | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: 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: What should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Mia | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Reply to say if she's coming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reply | reply | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 say | mark |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Reply | xcomp |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 coming | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 coming | aux |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | come a condition, not said to happen | present · progressive | she | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Arrive very early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrive | arrive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 early | advmod |
| 3 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Arrive | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | imperative | you not said here | early property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Wear fancy dress
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | fancy | fancy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dress | amod |
| 3 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | fancy dress | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme |
Option 4
Bring a present for the host
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 present | det |
| 3 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bring | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 host | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 host | det |
| 6 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | imperative | you not said here | a present | for the host | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent present=Theme |
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