Test 5 · ★ · Tu or vous? Manners in French

Logan thinks "De rien !" is rude, like "nothing for you, kid." What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Logan, De, truth · What happens: think, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Logan thinks "De rien !" is rude, like "nothing for you, kid."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Logan	Logan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 De	punct
4	De	De	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 rude	nsubj
5	rien	rien	X	Foreign=Yes	4 De	flat:foreign
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 rien	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 rien	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 rude	cop
9	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 nothing	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 nothing	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 nothing	punct
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 rude	parataxis
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 you	case
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 nothing	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 kid	punct
17	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nothing	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 rude	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Logan						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	De					rude property	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 truth?

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	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

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

It's a kind reply: "it was nothing, you're welcome"

The tree, 11 words

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	5 reply	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reply	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 nothing	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 nothing	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 nothing	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 nothing	cop
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 reply	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 welcome	punct
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 welcome	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 welcome	cop
14	welcome	welcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nothing	amod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 welcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	be speech: assert	present	It	a kind reply		tree rules
2	is a in a quote	past	reply	nothing		tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	you		welcome property	tree rules

Option 2

He's right, it means "you get nothing"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 get	nsubj
9	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	ccomp
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 get	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	mean	present	it			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	present	you	nothing		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

Option 3

It means "I didn't understand your English, sorry, try again"

The tree, 11 words

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 understand	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 understand	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 understand	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 understand	advmod
7	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 English	nmod:poss
9	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 understand	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sorry	punct
11	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	7 understand	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 try	punct
13	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 understand	conj
14	again	again	ADV	_	13 try	advmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 understand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not understand in a quote	past · do-support	I	your English		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer english=Stimulus
3	try in a quote	infinitive	I not said here		again	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It means "please go away now"

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct
4	please	please	INTJ	_	5 go	discourse
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 go	advmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go away in a quote	infinitive					now	away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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