Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★
★★★ Leo from Dublin asks, "Who's the master, and why's he got cheese in a tree?" Which retelling is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, retelling · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: master, tree · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Leo from Dublin asks, "Who's the master, and why's he got cheese in a tree?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Leo | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 asks | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Dublin | case |
| 6 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Leo | nmod |
| 7 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 master | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 master | punct |
| 10 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 master | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 master | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 master | det |
| 13 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asks | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 got | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 got | cc |
| 16 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 got | advmod |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 got | cop |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 got | nsubj |
| 19 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 asks | conj |
| 20 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 got | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 tree | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 tree | det |
| 23 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 got | obl |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 asks | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Leo ★ ★ from Dublin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | the master | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Leo | a tree | get property | 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 retelling is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 retelling | det |
| 2 | retelling | retelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which retelling | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mr Crow, in a tree, holds a cheese
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr | Mr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Crow | compound |
| 2 | Crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 holds | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 tree | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 tree | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Crow | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Crow | punct |
| 8 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cheese | det |
| 10 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 holds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | Mr Crow and a tree | a cheese | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Theme |
Option 2
A master chef is hiding cheese in a tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 chef | det |
| 2 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chef | compound |
| 3 | chef | chef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hiding | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hiding | aux |
| 5 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hiding | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 tree | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 tree | det |
| 9 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · progressive | a master chef | cheese | a tree | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cheese=Patient in tree=Location |
Option 3
A crow is fishing from a tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 crow | det |
| 2 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fishing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fishing | aux |
| 4 | fishing | fish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 tree | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fishing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fish | present · progressive | a crow | a tree | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
A fox is up a tree eating cheese
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tree | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tree | cop |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 tree | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | eating | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 tree | acl |
| 8 | cheese | cheese | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 eating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a fox | up a tree | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | gerund | a tree not said here | cheese | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=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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