Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★
★★★ Josh from Sydney reads "Mon frère travaille à la poste. Ma sœur a un nouveau poste." He goes, "Yeah nah, same word twice?" What is the true meaning?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, sœur, true meaning · What happens: read, go, be · To what, where: Mon
This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Josh from Sydney reads "Mon frère travaille à la poste.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Josh | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 reads | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Sydney | case |
| 6 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Josh | nmod |
| 7 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Mon | punct |
| 9 | Mon | mon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reads | obj |
| 10 | frère | frère | X | Foreign=Yes | 11 travaille | compound |
| 11 | travaille | travaille | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 Mon | appos |
| 12 | à | à | ADP | _ | 14 poste | case |
| 13 | la | la | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 poste | det |
| 14 | poste | poste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Mon | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 reads | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | Josh ★ ★ ★ from Sydney | Mon | à la poste | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mon=Topic |
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: Ma sœur a un nouveau poste."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ma | ma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sœur | compound |
| 2 | sœur | sœur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 poste | nsubj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 un | det |
| 4 | un | un | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 poste | compound |
| 5 | nouveau | nouveau | X | _ | 6 poste | compound |
| 6 | poste | poste | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 poste | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 poste | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: He goes, "Yeah nah, same word twice?"
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 | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 nah | punct |
| 5 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 nah | discourse |
| 6 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 word | discourse |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 word | punct |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 word | amod |
| 9 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | parataxis |
| 10 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 goes | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | sœur | twice property | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Sentence 4: What is the true meaning?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 meaning | det |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 meaning | amod |
| 5 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the true meaning | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Brother has a job; sister has a post office
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 job | det |
| 4 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 has | punct |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 has | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 office | det |
| 9 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 office | compound |
| 10 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Brother | a job | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | present | sister | a post office | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Patient |
Option 2
Both work at the post office
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 work | nsubj |
| 2 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 office | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 office | det |
| 5 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 office | compound |
| 6 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Both | at the post office | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at office=Theme |
Option 3
Both have new jobs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 jobs | amod |
| 4 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Both | new jobs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Brother at the post office; sister has a new job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 office | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 office | det |
| 4 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 office | compound |
| 5 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Brother | nmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| 7 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 job | det |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 job | amod |
| 11 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Brother at the post office | a new job | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
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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