Test 9 · ★★ · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts
Ethan shouts, "Is that 60 or 16, la?" ("La" means mate.) The teacher said soixante-seize. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ethan, that, La, teacher · What happens: shout, be, mean, say, seize, do · To what, where: 60 16, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts» 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: Ethan shouts, "Is that 60 or 16, la?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 shouts | nsubj |
| 2 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 16 | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 16 | punct |
| 5 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 16 | cop |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 16 | nsubj |
| 7 | 60 | 60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 16 | compound |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 16 | cc |
| 9 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 shouts | parataxis |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 la | punct |
| 11 | la | la | X | _ | 2 shouts | parataxis |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shouts | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Ethan | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that | 60 16 | 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: ("La" means mate.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 La | punct |
| 3 | La | La | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 La | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | La | mate | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic |
Sentence 3: The teacher said soixante-seize.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | soixante | soixante | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 seize | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 soixante | punct |
| 6 | seize | seize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | seize | infinitive | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 4: What should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | teacher | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Wait for the whole number and mark 76
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 number | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 number | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 number | amod |
| 5 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 mark | cc |
| 7 | mark | mark | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 8 | 76 | 76 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 mark | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for the whole number | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mark | infinitive | you not said here | 76 | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent 76=Destination |
Option 2
Mark 60, it came first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark | Mark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 came | nsubj |
| 2 | 60 | 60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Mark | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mark | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Mark | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Mark 60 and 16 both
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark | Mark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 60 | nmod:unmarked |
| 2 | 60 | 60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 16 | cc |
| 4 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 60 | conj |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 60 | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Mark 16, it came last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark | Mark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 came | nsubj |
| 2 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Mark | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mark | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | last | last | ADV | _ | 5 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Mark | last property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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