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Test 6 · Hello and goodbye: greetings

Olivia is a bit salty: "Is he calling me a cuckoo?" ("Salty" means annoyed.) What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Olivia, Salty, truth · What happens: be, call, mean · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 4 «Hello and goodbye: greetings» 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: Olivia is a bit salty: "Is he calling me a cuckoo?"

nsubjcopdetobl:unmarkedpunctpunctauxnsubjconjobjdetobjpunctpunctrootOliviaPROPNisAUXaDETbitNOUNsaltyADJ:PUNCT"PUNCTIsAUXhePRONcallingVERBmePRONaDETcuckooNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OliviaOliviaPROPNNumber=Sing5 saltynsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 saltycop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 bitdet
4bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing5 saltyobl:unmarked
5saltysaltyADJDegree=Posrootroot
6::PUNCT_10 callingpunct
7""PUNCT_10 callingpunct
8IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 callingaux
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 callingnsubj
10callingcallVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 saltyconj
11meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 callingobj
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 cuckoodet
13cuckoocuckooNOUNNumber=Sing10 callingobj
14??PUNCT_5 saltypunct
15""PUNCT_5 saltypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentOliviaa bit obl:unmarked; salty propertytree rules
2call in a quotepresent · progressiveOliviamevn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme cuckoo=Result

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: ("Salty" means annoyed.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctxcomppunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTSaltyADJ"PUNCTmeansVERBannoyedADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Saltypunct
3SaltysaltyADJDegree=Pos5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Saltypunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6annoyedannoyedADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
7..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentSaltyannoyed propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's the truth?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETtruthNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 truthdet
4truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe truthtree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, coucou is a warm, playful hi

discoursepunctnsubjcopdetamodpunctamodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTcoucouNOUNisAUXaDETwarmADJ,PUNCTplayfulADJhiNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg3 coucoudiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3coucoucoucouNOUNNumber=Sing9 hinsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 hicop
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 hidet
6warmwarmADJDegree=Pos9 hiamod
7,,PUNCT_6 warmpunct
8playfulplayfulADJDegree=Pos9 hiamod
9hihiNOUN_rootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentcoucoua warm playful hitree rules

Option 2

No, coucou means goodbye forever

discoursepunctnsubjobjadvmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTcoucouNOUNmeansVERBgoodbyeNOUNforeverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 meansdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3coucoucoucouNOUNNumber=Sing4 meansnsubj
4meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5goodbyegoodbyeNOUNNumber=Sing4 meansobj
6foreverforeverADV_4 meansadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentcoucougoodbyeforever propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic

Option 3

Yes, but only when said to a girl

discoursepunctccadvmodadvmodcasedetoblrootYesINTJ,PUNCTbutCCONJonlyADVwhenADVsaidVERBtoADPaDETgirlNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 saiddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3butbutCCONJ_6 saidcc
4onlyonlyADV_6 saidadvmod
5whenwhenADVPronType=Int6 saidadvmod
6saidsayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7totoADP_9 girlcase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 girldet
9girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing6 saidobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertparticiplea girlvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to girl=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, coucou always means "you silly bird"

discoursepunctnsubjadvmodpunctnsubjamodobjpunctrootYesINTJ,PUNCTcoucouNOUNalwaysADVmeansVERB"PUNCTyouPRONsillyADJbirdNOUN"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 meansdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3coucoucoucouNOUNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 meansadvmod
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6""PUNCT_9 birdpunct
7youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 birdnsubj
8sillysillyADJDegree=Pos9 birdamod
9birdbirdNOUNNumber=Sing5 meansobj
10""PUNCT_9 birdpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentcoucoualways propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2bird in a quoteyoutree rules

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