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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'?"

nsubjpunctpunctobjpunctadvmodcopexpldetapposccdetconjcasenmodadvmodnsubjcopadvmodpunctoblpunctpunctpunctrootArjunPROPNasksVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTSirPROPN,PUNCTwhyADV'sAUXtherePRONaDETgNOUNandCCONJaDETtNOUNinADPvingtNOUNwhenADVitPRON'sAUXjustADV'PUNCTvanNOUN'PUNCT?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ArjunArjunPROPNNumber=Sing2 asksnsubj
2asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_5 Sirpunct
4""PUNCT_5 Sirpunct
5SirSirPROPNNumber=Sing2 asksobj
6,,PUNCT_11 gpunct
7whywhyADVPronType=Int11 gadvmod
8'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 gcop
9theretherePRONPronType=Dem8 'sexpl
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 gdet
11gGNOUNNumber=Sing5 Sirappos
12andandCCONJ_14 tcc
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 tdet
14ttNOUNNumber=Sing11 gconj
15ininADP_16 vingtcase
16vingtvingtNOUNNumber=Sing14 tnmod
17whenwhenADVPronType=Int22 vanadvmod
18ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 vannsubj
19'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin22 vancop
20justjustADV_22 vanadvmod
21''PUNCT_22 vanpunct
22vanvanNOUNNumber=Sing2 asksobl
23''PUNCT_22 vanpunct
24??PUNCT_22 vanpunct
25""PUNCT_22 vanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpresentArjunSirvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sir=Recipient
2is a in a quotepresenta g and a t in vingttree rules
3is a in a quotepresentvingtvantree 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?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETtruthNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 truthdet
4truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe truthtree rules

The options

Option 1

French kids added them to make it longer

amodnsubjobjmarkadvclobjxcomprootFrenchADJkidsNOUNaddedVERBthemPRONtoPARTmakeVERBitPRONlongerADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Pos2 kidsamod
2kidskidNOUNNumber=Plur3 addednsubj
3addedaddVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 addedobj
5totoPART_6 makemark
6makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 addedadvcl
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 makeobj
8longerlongADVDegree=Cmp6 makexcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1add speech: assertpastFrench kidsthem = theyvn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2maketo-infinitiveFrench kids not said hereitvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 2

The g and t are a mistake in the dictionary

detnsubjccconjcopdetcasedetnmodrootTheDETgNOUNandCCONJtNOUNareAUXaDETmistakeNOUNinADPtheDETdictionaryNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 gdet
2gGNOUNNumber=Sing7 mistakensubj
3andandCCONJ_4 tcc
4ttNOUNNumber=Sing2 gconj
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 mistakecop
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 mistakedet
7mistakemistakeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8ininADP_10 dictionarycase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 dictionarydet
10dictionarydictionaryNOUNNumber=Sing7 mistakenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe g and ta mistakethe dictionarytree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The letters are left over from the old Latin word

detnsubj:passaux:passadvmodcasedetamodamodoblrootTheDETlettersNOUNareAUXleftVERBoverADVfromADPtheDEToldADJLatinADJwordNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 lettersdet
2lettersletterNOUNNumber=Plur4 leftnsubj:pass
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 leftaux:pass
4leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5overoverADV_4 leftadvmod
6fromfromADP_10 wordcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 worddet
8oldoldADJDegree=Pos10 wordamod
9LatinLatinADJDegree=Pos10 wordamod
10wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing4 leftobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leave overpresent · passivethe lettersthe old Latin wordover propertyvn 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

nsubjaux:passadvmodadvmodpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisobjrootTheyPRONareAUXsaidVERBveryADVquietlyADV,PUNCTsoADVyouPRONhearVERBthemPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 saidnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saidaux:pass
3saidsayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4veryveryADV_5 quietlyadvmod
5quietlyquietlyADV_3 saidadvmod
6,,PUNCT_9 hearpunct
7sosoADV_9 hearadvmod
8youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 hearnsubj
9hearhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saidparataxis
10themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 hearobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresent · passiveTheyquietly propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2hearpresentyouthem = theyvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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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