Test 3 · French compared with English

What would happen if you told a French baker "I'd like some pain" in English, and she only knew French?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I, English · What happens: happen, tell, like, know · To what, where: French baker, pain, English, French · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 35 «French compared with English» of the language 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 baker	det
8	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 baker	amod
9	baker	baker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 like	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 like	nsubj
12	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 like	aux
13	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 baker	acl:relcl
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 pain	det
15	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 like	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 like	punct
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 English	case
18	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 like	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 knew	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 knew	cc
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 knew	nsubj
22	only	only	ADV	_	23 knew	advmod
23	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 told	conj
24	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 knew	obj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	you	a French baker		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent baker=Recipient
3	like in a quote	would	I	some pain	English	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pain=Theme
4	know	past	English	French		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer french=Stimulus

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.

The options

Option 1

She'd call a doctor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 call	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 call	aux
3	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 doctor	det
5	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	would	She	a doctor					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She might think you want bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 think	aux
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 want	nsubj
5	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 think	ccomp
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 want	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	might	She						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	want	present	you	bread					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bread=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She'd understand you're hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 understand	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 understand	aux
3	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hurt	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hurt	aux:pass
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 understand	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	would	She						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hurt	present · passive		you					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

She'd sell you a coin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sell	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sell	aux
3	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 sell	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coin	det
6	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	would	She	a coin	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient coin=Theme

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