Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★
★★★ Ruby from Belfast doesn't know singes and answers un citron to the riddle. Why is that weak?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, singes · What happens: not know, un, be · To what, where: citron · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Ruby from Belfast doesn't know singes and answers un citron to the riddle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 know | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ruby | punct |
| 4 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | conj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Belfast | case |
| 6 | Belfast | Belfast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Ruby | nmod |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 know | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 know | advmod |
| 9 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | singes | singe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 un | nsubj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 answers | cc |
| 12 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 singes | conj |
| 13 | un | un | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 know | ccomp |
| 14 | citron | citron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 un | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 riddle | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 riddle | det |
| 17 | riddle | riddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 un | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | ★ and Ruby from Belfast | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | un | present | singes and answers | citron | to the riddle | 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: Why is that weak?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 weak | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 weak | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 weak | mark |
| 4 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 weak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | weak property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, citron is the right answer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 citron | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | citron | citron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 answer | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 answer | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 answer | det |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 answer | amod |
| 7 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing citron | the right answer | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Monkeys love bananas, not lemons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 love | nsubj |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bananas | banana | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 love | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lemons | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 lemons | advmod |
| 6 | lemons | lemon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bananas | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Monkeys | bananas and lemons | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer banana=Stimulus |
Option 3
Lemons are never yellow in France
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lemons | lemon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 yellow | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 yellow | cop |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 yellow | advmod |
| 4 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 France | case |
| 6 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 yellow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Lemons | France | yellow property | tree rules |
Option 4
Citron is the French word for banana
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citron | citron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 word | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 word | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 4 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 word | amod |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 banana | case |
| 7 | banana | banana | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Citron | the French word | for banana | 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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