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title: Identify the pronunciation of the conjunction et, rendered in Englis… — Silent letters: why French doesn't say… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the pronunciation of the conjunction et, rendered in English as "and". Exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 2 · Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes

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Identify the pronunciation of the conjunction et, rendered in English as "and".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, render, pronounce · **To what, where:** pronunciation, English, conjunction et

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes» of the French course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:e2:1
# text = Identify the pronunciation of the conjunction et, rendered in English as "and".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pronunciation	pronunciation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	conjunction	conjunction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	et	ET	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the pronunciation of the conjunction et |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent pronunciation=Theme |
| 2 | **render** | participle |  |  |  | English |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pronounce** |  |  | the conjunction et |  |  |  |  | nom pronunciation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"ay", the terminal t remaining wholly silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:e2:o1:1
# text = "ay", the terminal t remaining wholly silent
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ay	ay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	terminal	terminal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | gerund | the terminal t *not said here* |  |  |  |  | silent, wholly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"eh-tuh", a supplementary vowel being appended

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:e2:o2:1
# text = "eh-tuh", a supplementary vowel being appended
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	eh	eh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	tuh	tuh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	supplementary	supplementary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	appended	append	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **append** | gerund · passive |  | a supplementary vowel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"eet", the vowel being considerably lengthened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:e2:o3:1
# text = "eet", the vowel being considerably lengthened
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	eet	eet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	considerably	considerably	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	lengthened	lengthen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lengthen** | gerund · passive |  | the vowel *not said here* |  |  |  | considerably *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"ett", the terminal t being distinctly articulated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:e2:o4:1
# text = "ett", the terminal t being distinctly articulated
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ett	ett	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	terminal	terminal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	articulated	articulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **articulate** *speech: other* | gerund · passive |  | the terminal t *not said here* |  |  |  | distinctly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» |

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