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title: Archie says juin and juillet are "dead similar, la." ("Dead" means v… — Days of the week and months · tree and pragmatics
description: Archie says juin and juillet are "dead similar, la." ("Dead" means very.) Which trick helps? Test 6 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» 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.
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# Test 6 · Days of the week and months

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Archie says juin and juillet are "dead similar, la." ("Dead" means very.) Which trick helps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Archie, juin, trick · **What happens:** say, be, mean, help · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» 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/10-days-of-the-week-and-months/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Archie says juin and juillet are "dead similar, la." ("Dead" means very.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t6:1
# text = Archie says juin and juillet are "dead similar, la." ("Dead" means very.)
1	Archie	Archie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	juin	juin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	juillet	juillet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	la.	La.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
18	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Archie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | juin and juillet |  |  |  |  | la. *obl*; similar *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which trick helps?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t6:2
# text = Which trick helps?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | which trick |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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The shorter word is the earlier month: juin is June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t6:o1:1
# text = The shorter word is the earlier month: juin is June
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	juin	juin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the shorter word | the earlier month and June |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | juin | June |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The longer word is the earlier month: juillet is June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t6:o2:1
# text = The longer word is the earlier month: juillet is June
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	juillet	juillet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the longer word | the earlier month and June |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | juillet | June |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are the same month, two spellings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t6:o3:1
# text = They are the same month, two spellings
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	spellings	spelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the same month and two spellings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
juin is always in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t6:o4:1
# text = juin is always in winter
1	juin	juin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | juin |  |  |  |  | in winter; always *property* | tree rules |

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