Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★
★★★ Harvey from Kent sees "Perdu : petit chat noir" on a lamppost and goes, "Bargain, a cat for sale!" What is it really, and what should he do if he sees the cat?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, lamppost · What happens: see, go, be, do · To what, where: Perdu, lamppost, Bargain, cat
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Harvey from Kent sees "Perdu : petit chat noir" on a lamppost and goes, "Bargain, a cat for sale!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 4 Harvey | case |
| 4 | Harvey | Harvey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Kent | case |
| 6 | Kent | Kent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 7 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Perdu | punct |
| 9 | Perdu | Perdu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sees | obj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 noir | punct |
| 11 | petit | petit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 noir | compound |
| 12 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 noir | compound |
| 13 | noir | noir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sees | parataxis |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 noir | punct |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 lamppost | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 lamppost | det |
| 17 | lamppost | lamppost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sees | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 goes | cc |
| 19 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sees | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Bargain | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 Bargain | punct |
| 22 | Bargain | Bargain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 goes | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 cat | punct |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 cat | det |
| 25 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Bargain | appos |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 sale | case |
| 27 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 cat | nmod |
| 28 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 22 Bargain | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | ★ ★ Harvey from Kent | Perdu | a lamppost | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go | present | ★ ★ Harvey from Kent not said here | Bargain | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bargain=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 is it really, and what should he do if he sees the cat?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 do | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 do | cc |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 do | obj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 do | aux |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 do | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 sees | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sees | nsubj |
| 13 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 do | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cat | det |
| 15 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sees | obj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | lamppost | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | should | ★ | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | see a condition, not said to happen | present | ★ | the cat | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
A cat for sale; ring and offer money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 offer | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 sale | case |
| 4 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cat | nmod |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 ring | punct |
| 6 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 offer | nsubj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 offer | cc |
| 8 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 offer | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | infinitive | a cat for sale | money | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
Option 2
A free cat; take it home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 2 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cat | amod |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | nsubj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 take | punct |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 take | obj |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | infinitive | a free cat | it | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
A cat show; buy a ticket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 show | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 show | compound |
| 3 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 buy | punct |
| 5 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 show | acl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ticket | det |
| 7 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | infinitive | a cat show not said here | a ticket | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A lost cat; call the number on the poster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cat | det |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cat | amod |
| 3 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 call | nsubj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 call | punct |
| 5 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 number | det |
| 7 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 call | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 poster | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 poster | det |
| 10 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | a lost cat | the number | the poster | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient |
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