Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★
★★★ Olivia from Ohio says doudou must be "la" because "it's soft and cute, no cap". Which clues prove her wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, doudou, ★, clues · What happens: say, be, prove · To what, where: la, Ohio · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Olivia from Ohio says doudou must be "la" because "it's soft and cute, no cap".
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 | 7 says | nsubj |
| 4 | Olivia | Olivia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Ohio | case |
| 6 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Olivia | nmod |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | doudou | doudou | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 la | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 la | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 la | cop |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 la | punct |
| 12 | la | la | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | ccomp |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 la | punct |
| 14 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 18 soft | mark |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 soft | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 soft | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 soft | cop |
| 18 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 says | ccomp |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 cute | cc |
| 20 | cute | cute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 soft | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 cap | punct |
| 22 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 23 cap | det |
| 23 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 soft | parataxis |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 cap | punct |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ ★ ★ | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | must | doudou | la | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | ★ | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be in a quote | ★ not said here | 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: Which clues prove her wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 clues | det |
| 2 | clues | clue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 prove | nsubj |
| 3 | prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 prove | obj |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 prove | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 prove | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | which clues | Ohio | wrong property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
The options
Option 1
le lit, which is masculine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | le | le | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lit | det |
| 2 | lit | lit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 masculine | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 masculine | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 masculine | cop |
| 6 | masculine | masculine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lit | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | le lit | masculine property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
mon and il, both masculine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mon | mon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 il | cc |
| 3 | il | IL | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 mon | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 masculine | punct |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 masculine | advmod |
| 6 | masculine | masculine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 il | amod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Nothing, she's right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 right | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 right | cop |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | right property | tree rules |
Option 4
sous and lit, both masculine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sous | sous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 lit | cc |
| 3 | lit | lit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 sous | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 masculine | punct |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 masculine | advmod |
| 6 | masculine | masculine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 sous | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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