--- title: ★★★ Using the end-letter rules, which list has a sound at the end of… — Silent letters: why French doesn't say… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Using the end-letter rules, which list has a sound at the end of EVERY word? Test 12 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 choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/t12/) [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/) / [Silent letters: why French doesn't say…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/) / t12 # Test 12 · Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes ★★★ Using the end-letter rules, which list has a sound at the end of EVERY word? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, list · **What happens:** use, have · **To what, where:** letter rules, sound, end This is test 12 of lesson 1 «Silent letters: why French doesn't say everything it writes» 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/1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:t12:1 # text = ★★★ Using the end-letter rules, which list has a sound at the end of EVERY word? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 Using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 12 det _ _ 12 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 EVERY every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | gerund | ★ ★ ★ *not said here* | the letter rules | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | | 2 | **have** | present | which list | a sound | | | at the end of every word | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient | 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 {#o1} sac, petit, neuf, avril ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:t12:o1:1 # text = sac, petit, neuf, avril 1 sac sac NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 petit petit X FW Foreign=Yes 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 neuf neuf NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 avril avril NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Paris, neuf, avril, bonjour ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:t12:o2:1 # text = Paris, neuf, avril, bonjour 1 Paris Paris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 neuf neuf NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 avril avril NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bonjour bonjour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 list _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} sac, neuf, avril, bonjour ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:t12:o3:1 # text = sac, neuf, avril, bonjour 1 sac sac NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 neuf neuf NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 avril avril NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bonjour bonjour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} et, sac, neuf, bonjour ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:1-silent-letters-why-french-doesnt-say-everything-it-writes:t12:o4:1 # text = et, sac, neuf, bonjour 1 et et X FW Foreign=Yes 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sac sac NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 neuf neuf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bonjour bonjour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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