Test 9 · Hello and goodbye: greetings
Rory asks, "Is wesh even French, or is it skibidi talk?" What's the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rory, it, best reply · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: wesh French, skibidi talk · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Rory asks, "Is wesh even French, or is it skibidi talk?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory | Rory | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 5 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wesh | cop |
| 6 | wesh | wesh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 French | amod |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 French | advmod |
| 8 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 talk | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 talk | cc |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 talk | cop |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 talk | nsubj |
| 13 | skibidi | skibidi | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 talk | compound |
| 14 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | parataxis |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 talk | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 talk | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Rory | wesh French | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent french=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | wesh property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | it | skibidi talk | 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: What's the best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's real French, but slang for friends of your age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 French | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 French | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 French | amod |
| 4 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 slang | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 slang | cc |
| 7 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 French | appos |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 friends | case |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 slang | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 age | case |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 age | nmod:poss |
| 12 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 friends | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | real French | tree rules |
Option 2
It's only used by grandparents in the countryside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 used | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 used | advmod |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 grandparents | case |
| 6 | grandparents | grandparent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 used | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 countryside | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 countryside | det |
| 9 | countryside | countryside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | grandparents | It | the countryside | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 3
It's not French, it's English with an accent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 French | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 French | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 French | advmod |
| 4 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 English | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 English | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 English | cop |
| 8 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 French | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 accent | case |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 accent | det |
| 11 | accent | accent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 English | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | It | french property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | English | with a accent | tree rules |
Option 4
It's the most polite word in all of French
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 word | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 word | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 word | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 polite | advmod |
| 5 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 word | amod |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 French | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 French | nsubj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 French | case |
| 10 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the polite word | French | tree rules |
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