Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★
★★★ Ruby from Belfast says, "Sure they all end in -age, it's le plage." Her teacher smiles. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, age, teacher · What happens: say, end, be, smile · To what, where: age, le plage · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★» 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: ★★★ Ruby from Belfast says, "Sure they all end in -age, it's le plage."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ruby | punct |
| 4 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | conj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Belfast | case |
| 6 | Belfast | Belfast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Ruby | nmod |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Sure | punct |
| 10 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 13 end | discourse |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 end | nsubj |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 end | advmod |
| 13 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 says | ccomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 age | case |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 in | punct |
| 16 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 end | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 plage | punct |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 plage | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 plage | cop |
| 20 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 plage | compound |
| 21 | plage | plage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | parataxis |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 plage | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 plage | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ and Ruby from Belfast | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | end in a quote | present | ★ | in age | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | age | le plage | 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: Her teacher smiles.
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 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smiles | nsubj |
| 3 | smiles | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 smiles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | present | Ruby's teacher | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Plage is a famous feminine exception
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plage | plage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 exception | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 exception | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 exception | det |
| 4 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 exception | amod |
| 5 | feminine | feminine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 exception | amod |
| 6 | exception | exception | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Plage | a famous feminine exception | tree rules |
Option 2
Plage is plural, so it's les plage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plage | plage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plural | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 plural | cop |
| 3 | plural | plural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 plage | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 les | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 les | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 les | cop |
| 8 | les | les | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 plage | amod |
| 9 | plage | plage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plural | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Plage | les plage obl; plural property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Plage | les property | tree rules |
Option 3
Plage starts with a vowel, so it's l'plage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plage | plage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 starts | nsubj |
| 2 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 vowel | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 vowel | det |
| 5 | vowel | vowel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 starts | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 l'plage | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 l'plage | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 l'plage | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 l'plage | cop |
| 10 | l'plage | l'plage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 starts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | Plage | with a vowel | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with vowel=Subeventuality | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Plage | l'plage | tree rules |
Option 4
Ruby is right, it's le plage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 | _ | 8 plage | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 plage | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 plage | cop |
| 7 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 plage | compound |
| 8 | plage | plage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ruby | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | le plage | tree rules |
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