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Test 4 · Numbers 0 to 20

Noah thinks the French boy counting from his thumb is "doing it wrong". Who is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Noah, French boy · What happens: think, count, do, be · To what, where: thumb · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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: Noah thinks the French boy counting from his thumb is "doing it wrong".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
4	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boy	amod
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 doing	nsubj
6	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 boy	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 thumb	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 thumb	nmod:poss
9	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 counting	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 doing	aux
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 doing	punct
12	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thinks	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 doing	obj
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 doing	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 doing	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Noah						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	count	gerund	the French boy not said here			boy's thumb			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	do in a quote	present · progressive	the French boy	thumb					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: Who is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 right	nsubj
2	is	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	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

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

The French boy: in France people usually start on the thumb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 start	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 France	case
6	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 start	obl
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 start	nsubj
8	usually	usually	ADV	_	9 start	advmod
9	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 boy	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 thumb	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thumb	det
12	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 start	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	people	the French boy not said here		France		on the thumb; usually property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality

Option 2

Noah: the thumb is only used for counting in maths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 used	nsubj:pass
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 used	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thumb	det
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 used	aux:pass
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 used	advmod
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 counting	case
9	counting	counting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 maths	case
11	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Noah		maths		for counting	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for counting=Eventuality

Option 3

The French boy: starting on the pointing finger is rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rude	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 starting	punct
5	starting	start	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 boy	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 finger	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 finger	det
8	pointing	pointing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finger	compound
9	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 starting	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rude	cop
11	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	gerund	the French boy not said here			the pointing finger			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is	present	the French boy					rude property	tree rules

Option 4

Noah: everyone in the whole world starts counting on the pointing finger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 starts	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 everyone	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 starts	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 world	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 world	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 world	amod
7	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 everyone	nmod
8	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 starts	xcomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 finger	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 finger	det
12	pointing	pointing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 finger	compound
13	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 counting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	Noah						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	count	gerund	Noah not said here					on the pointing finger	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on finger=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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