Test 8 · Colours Grace asks, "Eh, did I get my own hair colour wrong?" when her penpal writes "Tu es brune !" ("Eh" asks you to agree.) What happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grace, penpal, Tu, Eh · What happens: ask, get, write, e, agree, happen · To what, where: Eh, own hair colour, brune, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Grace asks, "Eh, did I get my own hair colour wrong?" when her penpal writes "Tu es brune !"
nsubj punct punct obj punct aux nsubj parataxis nmod:poss amod compound obj xcomp punct punct mark nmod:poss nsubj advcl punct nsubj parataxis obj punct punct root Grace PROPN asks VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Eh PROPN , PUNCT did AUX I PRON get VERB my PRON own ADJ hair NOUN colour NOUN wrong ADJ ? PUNCT " PUNCT when SCONJ her PRON penpal NOUN writes VERB " PUNCT Tu PROPN es VERB brune X ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grace Grace 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 Eh punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 Eh punct 5 Eh Eh PROPN Number=Sing 2 asks obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 get punct 7 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 get aux 8 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 get nsubj 9 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 asks parataxis 10 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 colour nmod:poss 11 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 13 colour amod 12 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 13 colour compound 13 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 9 get obj 14 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 9 get xcomp 15 ? ? PUNCT _ 9 get punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 9 get punct 17 when when SCONJ _ 20 writes mark 18 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 19 penpal nmod:poss 19 penpal penpal NOUN Number=Sing 20 writes nsubj 20 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 23 es advcl 21 " " PUNCT _ 23 es punct 22 Tu Tu PROPN Number=Sing 23 es nsubj 23 es e VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 asks parataxis 24 brune brune X Foreign=Yes 23 es obj 25 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 asks punct 26 " " PUNCT _ 2 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Grace Eh vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent eh=Recipient clause=Topic 2 get in a quote past · do-support Grace my own hair colour wrong property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus 3 write present Grace's penpal vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 e in a quote present Tu brune 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: ("Eh" asks you to agree.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj mark xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Eh PROPN " PUNCT asks VERB you PRON to PART agree VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 asks punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Eh punct 3 Eh Eh PROPN Number=Sing 5 asks nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Eh punct 5 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 asks obj 7 to to PART _ 8 agree mark 8 agree agree VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 asks xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 asks punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Eh you vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic 2 agree speech: agree not said to happen to-infinitive Eh not said here vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What happened?
nsubj punct root What PRON happened VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 happened nsubj 2 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 happened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen past vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Her penpal thinks she has grey hair
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj ccomp amod obj root Her PRON penpal ADJ thinks VERB she PRON has VERB grey ADJ hair NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 penpal nmod:poss 2 penpal penpal ADJ Degree=Pos 3 thinks nsubj 3 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 has nsubj 5 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 thinks ccomp 6 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 7 hair amod 7 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 5 has obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present Her penpal vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 have present she grey hair vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
Option 2 Her penpal made a spelling mistake
nmod:poss nsubj det compound obj root Her PRON penpal NOUN made VERB a DET spelling NOUN mistake NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 penpal nmod:poss 2 penpal penpal NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 mistake det 5 spelling spelling NOUN Number=Sing 6 mistake compound 6 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past Her penpal a spelling mistake vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product
Option 3 Her penpal is saying she is sunburnt
nmod:poss nsubj aux nsubj cop ccomp root Her PRON penpal NOUN is AUX saying VERB she PRON is AUX sunburnt ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 penpal nmod:poss 2 penpal penpal NOUN Number=Sing 4 saying nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 saying aux 4 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 sunburnt nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 sunburnt cop 7 sunburnt sunburnt ADJ Degree=Pos 4 saying ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · progressive Her penpal vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present penpal sunburnt property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Her penpal used the girl's form for dark hair
nmod:poss nsubj det nmod:poss case obj case amod obl root Her PRON penpal NOUN used VERB the DET girl NOUN 's PART form NOUN for ADP dark ADJ hair NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 penpal nmod:poss 2 penpal penpal NOUN Number=Sing 3 used nsubj 3 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 girl det 5 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 7 form nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 girl case 7 form form NOUN Number=Sing 3 used obj 8 for for ADP _ 10 hair case 9 dark dark ADJ Degree=Pos 10 hair amod 10 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 3 used obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use past Her penpal the girl's form for dark hair vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent form=Theme for hair=Eventuality 2 form the girl nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent
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