Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★
★★★ Freya from Bristol decodes trois, huit, un, vingt with A = 0 and gets "DIBU". What went wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Freya · What happens: decode, get, go · To what, where: trois, DIBU
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★» 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: ★★★ Freya from Bristol decodes trois, huit, un, vingt with A = 0 and gets "DIBU".
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 | 4 Freya | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Freya | Freya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 decodes | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Bristol | case |
| 6 | Bristol | Bristol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Freya | nmod |
| 7 | decodes | decode | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | trois | troi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 decodes | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 huit | punct |
| 10 | huit | huit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trois | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 un | punct |
| 12 | un | un | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 huit | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 vingt | punct |
| 14 | vingt | vingt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trois | conj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 = | case |
| 16 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 = | det |
| 17 | = | = | SYM | _ | 18 0 | case |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 vingt | nmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 gets | cc |
| 20 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 decodes | conj |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 DIBU | punct |
| 22 | DIBU | DIBU | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 gets | obj |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 DIBU | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 decodes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decode | present | Freya ★ ★ ★ from Bristol | trois and huit and un and vingt = 0 | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present | Freya ★ ★ ★ from Bristol not said here | DIBU | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dibu=Stimulus |
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 went wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 went | xcomp |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A is 1, not 0: CHAT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 1 | det |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 1 | cop |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 0 | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 0 | advmod |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 1 | conj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 CHAT | punct |
| 8 | CHAT | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 0 | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a 1 | tree rules |
Option 2
She should count from Z backwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 count | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 count | aux |
| 3 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Z | case |
| 5 | Z | z | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 count | obl |
| 6 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 3 count | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | should | She | Z | backwards property | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
She mixed up huit and onze
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 mixed | nsubj |
| 2 | mixed | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 mixed | compound:prt |
| 4 | huit | huit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mixed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 onze | cc |
| 6 | onze | onze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 huit | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix up | past | She | huit and onze | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent huit=Patient |
Option 4
Nothing, DIBU is a French word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 word | punct |
| 3 | DIBU | DIBU | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 word | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 6 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | DIBU | a French word | 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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