Test 7 · ★ · English words that came from French Isla from Edinburgh writes "J'ai de bons souvenirs de Paris." Her pal thinks it means she bought fridge magnets. What does it mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Isla, pal, it · What happens: write, think, mean, buy · To what, where: J'ai bons souvenirs, fridge magnets · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Isla from Edinburgh writes "J'ai de bons souvenirs de Paris."
nsubj case nmod punct compound flat:foreign compound obj case nmod punct punct root Isla PROPN from ADP Edinburgh PROPN writes VERB " PUNCT J'ai PROPN de X bons NOUN souvenirs NOUN de ADP Paris PROPN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Isla Isla PROPN Number=Sing 4 writes nsubj 2 from from ADP _ 3 Edinburgh case 3 Edinburgh Edinburgh PROPN Number=Sing 1 Isla nmod 4 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 J'ai punct 6 J'ai J'ai PROPN Number=Sing 9 souvenirs compound 7 de de X Foreign=Yes 6 J'ai flat:foreign 8 bons bon NOUN Number=Plur 9 souvenirs compound 9 souvenirs souvenir NOUN Number=Plur 4 writes obj 10 de de ADP _ 11 Paris case 11 Paris Paris PROPN Number=Sing 9 souvenirs nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 writes punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 4 writes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present Isla from Edinburgh J'ai bons souvenirs de Paris vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent souvenir=Theme
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: Her pal thinks it means she bought fridge magnets.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj ccomp nsubj ccomp compound obj punct root Her PRON pal NOUN thinks VERB it PRON means VERB she PRON bought VERB fridge NOUN magnets NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 pal nmod:poss 2 pal pal NOUN Number=Sing 3 thinks nsubj 3 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 means nsubj 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 thinks ccomp 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 bought nsubj 7 bought buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 means ccomp 8 fridge fridge NOUN Number=Sing 9 magnets compound 9 magnets magnet NOUN Number=Plur 7 bought obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 thinks punct
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1 think speech: other present Paris's pal vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 mean present it vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 buy past pal fridge magnets vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magnet=Theme
Sentence 3: What does it mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX it PRON mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 mean nsubj 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support it vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 I have nice postcards from Paris
nsubj amod obj case nmod root I PRON have VERB nice ADJ postcards NOUN from ADP Paris PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 nice nice ADJ Degree=Pos 4 postcards amod 4 postcards postcard NOUN Number=Plur 2 have obj 5 from from ADP _ 6 Paris case 6 Paris Paris PROPN Number=Sing 4 postcards nmod
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1 have present I nice postcards Paris vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent postcard=Patient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer I have good memories of Paris
nsubj amod obj case nmod root I PRON have VERB good ADJ memories NOUN of ADP Paris PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 memories amod 4 memories memory NOUN Number=Plur 2 have obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 Paris case 6 Paris Paris PROPN Number=Sing 4 memories nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present I good memories of Paris vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Patient
Option 3 I have good friends in Paris
nsubj amod obj case nmod root I PRON have VERB good ADJ friends NOUN in ADP Paris PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 friends amod 4 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 2 have obj 5 in in ADP _ 6 Paris case 6 Paris Paris PROPN Number=Sing 4 friends nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present I good friends Paris vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
Option 4 I bought lots of keepsakes in Paris
nsubj obj case nmod case obl root I PRON bought VERB lots NOUN of ADP keepsakes NOUN in ADP Paris PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 bought nsubj 2 bought buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 lots lot NOUN Number=Plur 2 bought obj 4 of of ADP _ 5 keepsakes case 5 keepsakes keepsake NOUN Number=Plur 3 lots nmod 6 in in ADP _ 7 Paris case 7 Paris Paris PROPN Number=Sing 2 bought obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 buy past I lots of keepsakes Paris vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme
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