Test 7 · Numbers 0 to 20
Arjun asks, "Sir, why's there a g and a t in vingt when it's just 'van'?" What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Arjun, vingt, truth · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: Sir, g, van · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Arjun asks, "Sir, why's there a g and a t in vingt when it's just 'van'?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arjun | Arjun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sir | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sir | punct |
| 5 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 g | punct |
| 7 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 g | advmod |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 g | cop |
| 9 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 's | expl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 g | det |
| 11 | g | G | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Sir | appos |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 t | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 t | det |
| 14 | t | t | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 g | conj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 vingt | case |
| 16 | vingt | vingt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 t | nmod |
| 17 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 22 van | advmod |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 van | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 van | cop |
| 20 | just | just | ADV | _ | 22 van | advmod |
| 21 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 van | punct |
| 22 | van | van | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obl |
| 23 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 van | punct |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 22 van | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 van | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Arjun | Sir | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sir=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | a g and a t in vingt | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | vingt | van | 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
French kids added them to make it longer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 added | nsubj |
| 3 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 added | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 added | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | past | French kids | them = they | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | French kids not said here | it | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 2
The g and t are a mistake in the dictionary
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 g | det |
| 2 | g | G | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mistake | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 t | cc |
| 4 | t | t | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 g | conj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mistake | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mistake | det |
| 7 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 dictionary | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dictionary | det |
| 10 | dictionary | dictionary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mistake | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the g and t | a mistake | the dictionary | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The letters are left over from the old Latin word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 letters | det |
| 2 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 left | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 left | aux:pass |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 4 left | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 word | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 word | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 word | amod |
| 9 | Latin | Latin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 word | amod |
| 10 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave over | present · passive | the letters | the old Latin word | over property | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Source from word=Destination |
Option 4
They are said very quietly, so you hear them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | aux:pass |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 quietly | advmod |
| 5 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 3 said | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hear | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 hear | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 hear | nsubj |
| 9 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | parataxis |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · passive | They | quietly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hear | present | you | them = they | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
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