Test 9 · Colours
Leo says, "Sweet as, one word for two things." ("Sweet as" means great.) Which word does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, word · What happens: say, mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Leo says, "Sweet as, one word for two things."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sweet | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sweet | punct |
| 5 | Sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 word | case |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 word | punct |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 word | nummod |
| 9 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Sweet | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 things | case |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 things | nummod |
| 12 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 word | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sweet | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sweet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Leo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: ("Sweet as" means great.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| 3 | Sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 means | mark |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 as | punct |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Sweet | advcl |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | great property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Which word does he mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 word | det |
| 2 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | which word | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
bleu: blue, and the sky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bleu | bleu | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 blue | punct |
| 3 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 bleu | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sky | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sky | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sky | det |
| 7 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blue | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
rose: pink, and the flower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 pink | punct |
| 3 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 rose | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 flower | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 flower | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 flower | det |
| 7 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pink | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
vert: green, and grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vert | vert | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 green | dep |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 green | punct |
| 3 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 grass | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 grass | cc |
| 6 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 green | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
noir: black, and the night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | noir | noir | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 black | punct |
| 3 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 noir | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 night | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 night | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 night | det |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 noir | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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