--- title: Riley says, "I'm gonna say 'bloo'." What's the problem? — Colours · tree and pragmatics description: Riley says, "I'm gonna say 'bloo'." What's the problem? Test 4 of lesson 9 «Colours» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/9-colours/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/9-colours/) / t4 # 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/9-colours/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Riley says, "I'm gonna say 'bloo'." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t4:1 # text = Riley says, "I'm gonna say 'bloo'." 1 Riley Riley PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 bloo bloo NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 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? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t4:2 # text = What's the problem? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the problem | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} bleu has a rounded "uh" sound, not "oo" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t4:o1:1 # text = bleu has a rounded "uh" sound, not "oo" 1 bleu bleu NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 rounded round VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 uh uh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 oo oo NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 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 {#o2} bleu is said "blay" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t4:o2:1 # text = bleu is said "blay" 1 bleu bleu NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 blay blay NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 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 {#o3} Nothing, it's exactly the English sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing, it's exactly the English sound 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 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 {#o4} bleu ends in a "ks" sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t4:o4:1 # text = bleu ends in a "ks" sound 1 bleu bleu NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ks k NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 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 | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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