Test 4 · Colours
Riley says, "I'm gonna say 'bloo'." What's the problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Riley, problem · What happens: say, be · To what, where: bloo · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 9 «Colours» 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: Riley says, "I'm gonna say 'bloo'."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riley | Riley | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 say | nsubj |
| 6 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 say | aux |
| 7 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 say | dep |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 bloo | punct |
| 10 | bloo | bloo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 say | obj |
| 11 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 bloo | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Riley | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Riley | bloo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bloo=Topic |
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 problem?
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 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | 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 problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
bleu has a rounded "uh" sound, not "oo"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleu | bleu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sound | det |
| 4 | rounded | round | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 sound | amod |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 uh | punct |
| 6 | uh | uh | INTJ | _ | 4 rounded | discourse |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 uh | punct |
| 8 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 oo | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 oo | advmod |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 oo | punct |
| 12 | oo | oo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sound | appos |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 oo | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | bleu | a rounded sound | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient | ||||
| 2 | round | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
bleu is said "blay"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleu | bleu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 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 blay | punct |
| 5 | blay | blay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | ccomp |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 blay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · passive | bleu | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
Option 3
Nothing, it's exactly the English sound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sound | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sound | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sound | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 8 sound | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sound | det |
| 7 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sound | amod |
| 8 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the English sound | exactly property | tree rules |
Option 4
bleu ends in a "ks" sound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleu | bleu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ends | nsubj |
| 2 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sound | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sound | det |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 ks | punct |
| 6 | ks | k | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sound | compound |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 ks | punct |
| 8 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | bleu | a ks sound | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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