Test 1 · ★ · Tu or vous? Manners in French

Archie's friend mutters, "Bit much, mate," when Archie says tu to the teacher. Why?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Archie · What happens: mutter, say · To what, where: teacher · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 5 «Tu or vous? Manners in French» 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: Archie's friend mutters, "Bit much, mate," when Archie says tu to the teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Archie	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mutters	nsubj
4	mutters	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 much	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 much	punct
7	Bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 much	obl:unmarked
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mutters	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 much	vocative
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 says	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 says	punct
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 says	advmod
14	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 says	nsubj
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mutters	parataxis
16	tu	tu	X	Foreign=Yes	15 says	nsubj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 teacher	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 teacher	det
19	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 says	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mutters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	present	Archie's friend						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Archie		the teacher				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to teacher=Recipient

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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Tu is a rude word that must never be said to anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tu	Tu	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 said	nsubj:pass
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 said	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 said	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	aux:pass
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 word	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 anyone	case
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Tu	a rude word					tree rules
2	not say speech: assert	must · passive		that	anyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to anyone=Recipient

Option 2

Tu is only used in writing, never out loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tu	Tu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 used	advmod
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 writing	case
6	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 out	punct
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 out	advmod
9	out	out	ADV	_	4 used	advmod
10	loud	loud	ADV	_	9 out	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Tu		writing		out property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Tu is only for boys, and the teacher is a lady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tu	Tu	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 boys	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boys	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 boys	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 boys	case
5	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lady	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lady	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lady	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 lady	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lady	det
12	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boys	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tu					for boys and a lady	tree rules
2	is a	present	the teacher	a lady					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tu sounds too cheeky with a teacher; vous is polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tu	Tu	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sounds	nsubj
2	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 cheeky	advmod
4	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sounds	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheeky	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 polite	punct
9	vous	vous	X	Foreign=Yes	11 polite	dep
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 polite	cop
11	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sounds	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	Tu					cheeky property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present						polite property	tree rules

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