Test 3 · Numbers 0 to 20

Imogen mutters, "Make your mind up, mate," when six sounds like "see" before pommes. Why does six change?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Imogen, six · What happens: mutter, make up, mind, sound, see, change · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 6 «Numbers 0 to 20» 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: Imogen mutters, "Make your mind up, mate," when six sounds like "see" before pommes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Imogen	Imogen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 mutters	nsubj
2	mutters	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Make	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Make	punct
5	Make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 mutters	ccomp
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mind	nmod:poss
7	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 Make	xcomp
8	up	up	ADP	_	5 Make	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Make	vocative
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sounds	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 sounds	punct
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 sounds	mark
14	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 sounds	nsubj
15	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 mutters	conj
16	like	like	SCONJ	_	18 see	mark
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 see	punct
18	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 sounds	advcl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 see	punct
20	before	before	ADP	_	21 pommes	case
21	pommes	pomme	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 see	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mutters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	present	Imogen			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make up in a quote	infinitive			mate vocative	tree rules
3	mind in a quote	infinitive				vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	sound	present	six			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5	see in a quote	infinitive	six not said here	before pommes		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 does six change?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 change	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 change	aux
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 change	nsubj
4	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present · do-support	six						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Six is said "see" only when you talk about fruit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 said	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	aux:pass
3	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	xcomp
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 talk	advmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 talk	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 talk	nsubj
10	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 see	advcl
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 fruit	case
12	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		Six		tree rules
2	see in a quote	infinitive				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	talk	present	you		about fruit	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about fruit=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its x is silent before a consonant, "ss" alone, "z" before a vowel

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 x	nmod:poss
2	x	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 silent	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 silent	cop
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 consonant	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 consonant	det
7	consonant	consonant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 silent	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ss	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 ss	punct
10	ss	ss	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consonant	appos
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 ss	punct
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 ss	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 z	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 z	punct
15	z	z	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consonant	appos
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 z	punct
17	before	before	ADP	_	19 vowel	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 vowel	det
19	vowel	vowel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 silent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its x				before a consonant; before a vowel	silent property	tree rules

Option 3

The man was saying a different number by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saying	aux
4	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 number	det
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 number	amod
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saying	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 mistake	case
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · progressive	the man	a different number				by mistake	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic

Option 4

The man forgot to finish the word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgot	nsubj
3	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 finish	mark
5	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forgot	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	the man						tree rules
2	not finish	to-infinitive	the man not said here	the word					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality word=Eventuality

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