Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★ ★★★ Kai from Auckland plans a picnic in Paris for the morning. The forecast says "il pleut le matin, mais l'après-midi il y a du soleil". What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, forecast, il · What happens: plan, say, pleut, y, do · To what, where: picnic, Paris, le matin, l'après midi · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Kai from Auckland plans a picnic in Paris for the morning.
compound compound nsubj appos case nmod det obj case nmod case det nmod punct root ★ PROPN ★ NOUN ★ NOUN Kai PROPN from ADP Auckland PROPN plans VERB a DET picnic NOUN in ADP Paris PROPN for ADP the DET morning NOUN . PUNCT 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 plans nsubj 4 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 3 ★ appos 5 from from ADP _ 6 Auckland case 6 Auckland Auckland PROPN Number=Sing 3 ★ nmod 7 plans plan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 picnic det 9 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 7 plans obj 10 in in ADP _ 11 Paris case 11 Paris Paris PROPN Number=Sing 9 picnic nmod 12 for for ADP _ 14 morning case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 morning det 14 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 9 picnic nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 7 plans punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 plan present ★ ★ ★ from Auckland a picnic Paris for the morning vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Topic
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: The forecast says "il pleut le matin, mais l'après-midi il y a du soleil".
det nsubj punct nsubj ccomp compound obj punct cc compound punct obl nsubj ccomp det amod obj punct punct root The DET forecast NOUN says VERB " PUNCT il X pleut VERB le NOUN matin NOUN , PUNCT mais CCONJ l'après NOUN - PUNCT midi NOUN il PRON y VERB a DET du ADJ soleil NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 forecast det 2 forecast forecast NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 il punct 5 il il X Foreign=Yes 6 pleut nsubj 6 pleut pleut VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 7 le le NOUN Number=Sing 8 matin compound 8 matin matin NOUN Number=Sing 6 pleut obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 midi punct 10 mais mais CCONJ _ 13 midi cc 11 l'après l'après NOUN Number=Sing 13 midi compound 12 - - PUNCT _ 11 l'après punct 13 midi midi NOUN Number=Sing 15 y obl 14 il il PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 y nsubj 15 y y VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 soleil det 17 du du ADJ Degree=Pos 18 soleil amod 18 soleil soleil NOUN Number=Sing 15 y obj 19 " " PUNCT _ 15 y punct 20 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present the forecast vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 pleut in a quote present il le matin tree rules 3 y in a quote past il l'après midi tree rules
Sentence 3: What should he do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX he PRON do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should il vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Bring sun cream for the morning
compound obj case det obl root Bring VERB sun NOUN cream NOUN for ADP the DET morning NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bring bring VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 sun sun NOUN Number=Sing 3 cream compound 3 cream cream NOUN Number=Sing 1 Bring obj 4 for for ADP _ 6 morning case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 morning det 6 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 1 Bring obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bring imperative you not said here sun cream morning vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cream=Theme
Option 2 Keep the picnic in the morning
det obj case det obl root Keep VERB the DET picnic NOUN in ADP the DET morning NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 picnic det 3 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 1 Keep obj 4 in in ADP _ 6 morning case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 morning det 6 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 1 Keep obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here the picnic morning vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Theme
Option 3 Cancel the whole day, it's snowing
det amod obj punct nsubj aux conj root Cancel VERB the DET whole ADJ day NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX snowing VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cancel cancel VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 day det 3 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 4 day amod 4 day day NOUN Number=Sing 1 Cancel obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 snowing punct 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 snowing nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 snowing aux 8 snowing snow VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Cancel conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cancel imperative you not said here day tree rules 2 snow present · progressive it vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Move the picnic to the afternoon
det obj case det obl root Move VERB the DET picnic NOUN to ADP the DET afternoon NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Move move VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 picnic det 3 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 1 Move obj 4 to to ADP _ 6 afternoon case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 afternoon det 6 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 1 Move obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move imperative you not said here the picnic afternoon vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent picnic=Theme
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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