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Test 9 · ★ · English words that came from French

Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, so all ballet words are French? Plié, pirouette..." Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai, ballet words · What happens: say, be · To what, where: Chur · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, so all ballet words are French?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Auckland	case
3	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Kai	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Chur	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Chur	punct
7	Chur	Chur	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 French	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	14 French	advmod
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 words	det
11	ballet	ballet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 words	compound
12	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 French	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 French	cop
14	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Kai from Auckland	Chur					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chur=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	all ballet words					french property	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: Plié, pirouette..."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plié	Plié	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pirouette	punct
3	pirouette	pirouette	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Plié	appos
4	...	...	PUNCT	_	3 pirouette	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 pirouette	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ballet grew up at the French court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ballet	ballet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 grew	compound:prt
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 court	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
6	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 court	amod
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	past	Ballet			the French court			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location

Option 2

Ballet was invented in New Zealand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ballet	ballet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 invented	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 invented	aux:pass
3	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 Zealand	case
5	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Zealand	flat
6	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		Ballet		New Zealand			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3

French is the language of all sports

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 language	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 language	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 language	det
4	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sports	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 sports	det
7	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 language	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	French	the language				of all sports	tree rules

Option 4

They were just chosen because they sound nice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chosen	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chosen	aux:pass
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 chosen	advmod
4	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 sound	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sound	nsubj
7	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 chosen	advcl
8	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sound	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past · passive		They					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	sound	present	they					nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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