Test 7 · ★ · Tu or vous? Manners in French Charlotte says, "Why say madame? It sounds dead formal." ("Dead" means very.) What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Charlotte, madame, truth · What happens: say, sound, mean, be · To what, where: madame · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Charlotte says, "Why say madame?
nsubj punct punct advmod ccomp obj punct root Charlotte PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Why ADV say VERB madame NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Charlotte Charlotte PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 says punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 say punct 5 Why why ADV PronType=Int 6 say advmod 6 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 says ccomp 7 madame madame NOUN Number=Sing 6 say obj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Charlotte vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert in a quote infinitive madame vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent madame=Topic
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: It sounds dead formal."
nsubj amod xcomp punct punct root It PRON sounds VERB dead ADJ formal ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 sounds nsubj 2 sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 4 formal amod 4 formal formal ADJ Degree=Pos 2 sounds xcomp 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 sounds punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 2 sounds punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sound present madame formal property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Sentence 3: ("Dead" means very.)
punct punct csubj punct advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Dead ADJ " PUNCT means VERB very ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Dead punct 3 Dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means csubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Dead punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 very very ADV _ 5 means advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT 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 It is only for the Queen and very important people
nsubj cop advmod case det cc advmod amod conj root It PRON is AUX only ADV for ADP the DET Queen PROPN and CCONJ very ADV important ADJ people NOUN 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 Queen nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 Queen cop 3 only only ADV _ 6 Queen advmod 4 for for ADP _ 6 Queen case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Queen det 6 Queen Queen PROPN Number=Sing root root 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 people cc 8 very very ADV _ 9 important advmod 9 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 10 people amod 10 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 Queen conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It for the Queen and important people tree rules
Option 2 It is rude, because it makes the lady sound old
nsubj cop punct mark nsubj conj det obj xcomp xcomp root It PRON is AUX rude ADJ , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON makes VERB the DET lady NOUN sound VERB old ADJ 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 3 rude nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 rude cop 3 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 makes punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 makes mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 makes nsubj 7 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 rude conj 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 lady det 9 lady lady NOUN Number=Sing 7 makes obj 10 sound sound VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 makes xcomp 11 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 10 sound xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It rude property tree rules 2 make present it the lady tree rules 3 sound infinitive the lady not said here old property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer In France, bonjour, madame is normal and polite, even for kids
case obl punct conj punct nsubj cop cc conj punct advmod case conj root In ADP France PROPN , PUNCT bonjour NOUN , PUNCT madame NOUN is AUX normal ADJ and CCONJ polite ADJ , PUNCT even ADV for ADP kids NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 France case 2 France France PROPN Number=Sing 8 normal obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 bonjour punct 4 bonjour bonjour NOUN Number=Sing 2 France conj 5 , , PUNCT _ 2 France punct 6 madame madame NOUN Number=Sing 8 normal nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 normal cop 8 normal normal ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 polite cc 10 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 8 normal conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 kids punct 12 even even ADV _ 14 kids advmod 13 for for ADP _ 14 kids case 14 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 8 normal conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present madame France and bonjour normal property tree rules 2 be madame not said here tree rules
Option 4 It is old-fashioned, nobody in France says it any more, not even grans
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop amod punct punct nsubj case nmod parataxis obj advmod advmod punct advmod advmod obl root It PRON is AUX old ADJ - PUNCT fashioned ADJ , PUNCT nobody PRON in ADP France PROPN says VERB it PRON any ADV more ADV , PUNCT not PART even ADV grans NOUN 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 fashioned nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 fashioned cop 3 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 5 fashioned amod 4 - - PUNCT _ 3 old punct 5 fashioned fashioned ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 says punct 7 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 10 says nsubj 8 in in ADP _ 9 France case 9 France France PROPN Number=Sing 7 nobody nmod 10 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 fashioned parataxis 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 says obj 12 any any ADV _ 13 more advmod 13 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 10 says advmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 grans punct 15 not not PART Polarity=Neg 17 grans advmod 16 even even ADV _ 17 grans advmod 17 grans gran NOUN Number=Plur 5 fashioned obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It grans obl ; fashioned property tree rules 2 say speech: assert present nobody it vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
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