Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★
★★★ Tom's gran from Somerset reads the fridge note and goes, "Eat all the chocolate, my lover - Mum says so!" Which two little words did she miss?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, lover Mum, two little words · What happens: read, go, eat, say, miss · To what, where: fridge note, chocolate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Tom's gran from Somerset reads the fridge note and goes, "Eat all the chocolate, my lover - Mum says so!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 reads | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 6 gran | punct |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Tom | compound |
| 4 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gran | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Tom | case |
| 6 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | appos |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 Somerset | case |
| 8 | Somerset | Somerset | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gran | nmod |
| 9 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 note | det |
| 11 | fridge | fridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 note | compound |
| 12 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 reads | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 goes | cc |
| 14 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 reads | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Eat | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 Eat | punct |
| 17 | Eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 goes | ccomp |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 chocolate | det:predet |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 chocolate | det |
| 20 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Eat | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 says | punct |
| 22 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 Mum | nmod:poss |
| 23 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Mum | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 lover | punct |
| 25 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 says | nsubj |
| 26 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 Eat | conj |
| 27 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 says | advmod |
| 28 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 17 Eat | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 Eat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | ★ | the fridge note | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go | present | ★ not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | eat in a quote | infinitive | ★ not said here | all chocolate | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chocolate=Patient | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | my lover Mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 two little words did she miss?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 miss | obj |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 words | nummod |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 words | amod |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 miss | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 miss | aux |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 miss | nsubj |
| 7 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 miss | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past · do-support | two little words | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
ne and pas, which make it "don't"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ne | ne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 pas | cc |
| 3 | pas | pa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 ne | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 make | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 make | xcomp |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 do | advmod |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | ne and pas | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not do in a quote | infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
le and la, which make it plural
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 la | cc |
| 3 | la | la | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 le | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 make | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | plural | plural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | le and la | la | plural property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 3
tout and le, which make it some
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tout | tout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 le | cc |
| 3 | le | le | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 tout | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 make | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | tout and le | le | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary some=Product |
Option 4
est and dans, which make it there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | est | EST | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 dans | cc |
| 3 | dans | dan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 est | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 make | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 make | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | est and dans | it | there | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
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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