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Test 8 · ★ · Tu or vous? Manners in French

Theo's gran says, "That's a bit grabby, my lover." ("My lover" is West Country for dear.) What was grabby?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gran, That, lover · What happens: say, be · To what, where: West Country · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Theo's gran says, "That's a bit grabby, my lover."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gran	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Theo	case
3	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grabby	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 grabby	punct
7	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 grabby	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 grabby	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bit	det
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grabby	obl:unmarked
11	grabby	grabby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lover	punct
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 lover	nmod:poss
14	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grabby	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 grabby	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 grabby	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Theo's gran						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	That					a bit obl:unmarked; grabby 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: ("My lover" is West Country for dear.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 Country	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 lover	punct
3	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lover	nmod:poss
4	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Country	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 lover	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Country	cop
7	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Country	compound
8	Country	Country	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 dear	case
10	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Country	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Country	punct
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 Country	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My lover	West Country				for dear	tree rules

Sentence 3: What was grabby?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 grabby	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grabby	cop
3	grabby	grabby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 grabby	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						grabby property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Saying "s'il vous plaît" twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 plaît	punct
3	s'il	s'il	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plaît	compound
4	vous	vous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 plaît	amod
5	plaît	plaît	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 plaît	punct
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Saying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		s'il vous plaît				twice property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent plaît=Topic

Option 2

Saying "Je voudrais une crêpe" to the waiter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 crêpe	punct
3	Je	Je	X	Foreign=Yes	6 crêpe	nsubj
4	voudrais	voudrais	X	Foreign=Yes	6 crêpe	compound
5	une	une	X	_	6 crêpe	compound
6	crêpe	crêpe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	ccomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 crêpe	punct
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 waiter	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 waiter	det
10	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund			the waiter				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to waiter=Recipient
2	crêpe in a quote		Je						tree rules

Option 3

Saying "merci" when the crêpe came

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 came	csubj
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 merci	punct
3	merci	merci	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 merci	punct
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 came	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crêpe	det
7	crêpe	crêpe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		merci					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent merci=Topic
2	come	past	the crêpe						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Saying "Je veux une crêpe!" to the waiter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Je	punct
3	Je	Je	X	Foreign=Yes	6 crêpe	nsubj
4	veux	veux	X	Foreign=Yes	3 Je	flat:foreign
5	une	une	X	_	6 crêpe	compound
6	crêpe	crêpe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	ccomp
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 crêpe	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 crêpe	punct
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 waiter	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 waiter	det
11	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	gerund			the waiter				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to waiter=Recipient
2	crêpe in a quote		Je						tree rules

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