Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★
★★★ Emma from Leeds reads "on a nagé dans la mer" and goes, "Easy, they swam with their mum, like." What's the trap?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Emma, dans, trap · What happens: read, go, swim, be · To what, where: la
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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: ★★★ Emma from Leeds reads "on a nagé dans la mer" and goes, "Easy, they swam with their mum, like."
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 Emma | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Emma | Emma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 reads | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Leeds | case |
| 6 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Emma | nmod |
| 7 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 la | punct |
| 9 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 13 la | mark |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 dans | det |
| 11 | nagé | nagé | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 dans | amod |
| 12 | dans | dan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 la | nsubj |
| 13 | la | la | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 reads | obj |
| 14 | mer | mer | X | _ | 13 la | flat:foreign |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 la | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 goes | cc |
| 17 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 reads | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Easy | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Easy | punct |
| 20 | Easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 goes | xcomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 swam | punct |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 swam | nsubj |
| 23 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 Easy | conj |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 mum | case |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 mum | nmod:poss |
| 26 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 swam | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 like | punct |
| 28 | like | like | ADP | _ | 23 swam | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 Easy | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Easy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | Emma ★ ★ ★ from Leeds | la | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent la=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go | present | Emma ★ ★ ★ from Leeds not said here | easy property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | swim in a quote | past | dans = dan | with dans's mum | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with mum=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: What's the trap?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 trap | det |
| 4 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the trap | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nagé means walked, not swam
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nagé | Nagé | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | walked | walk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 swam | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 swam | advmod |
| 6 | swam | swim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Nagé | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | walk | participle | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | not swim | participle | Nagé not said here | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, la mer means mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 means | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 la | punct |
| 3 | la | la | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 4 | mer | mer | X | _ | 3 la | flat:foreign |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Nothing | mum | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Topic |
Option 3
On a means they will, not they did
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 3 means | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 will | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 did | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 did | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | a | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not do | past | they | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
La mer is the sea; mother is la mère
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La | La | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 sea | nsubj |
| 2 | mer | mer | X | _ | 1 La | flat:foreign |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sea | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sea | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mother | compound |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 sea | punct |
| 7 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 la | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 la | cop |
| 9 | la | la | X | _ | root | root |
| 10 | mère | mère | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 la | flat:foreign |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | La | the sea | tree rules |
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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