--- title: Jacob writes "dans mai". His teacher writes "en mai". He goes, "Y'al… — Days of the week and months · tree and pragmatics description: Jacob writes "dans mai". His teacher writes "en mai". He goes, "Y'all have a special word for that?" Which is right? 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Which is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jacob, teacher, Y'all · **What happens:** write, go, have, be · **To what, where:** dans mai, en, special word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jacob writes "dans mai". ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t7:1 # text = Jacob writes "dans mai". 1 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 dans dans X FW Foreign=Yes 5 flat:foreign _ _ 5 mai mai X FW Foreign=Yes 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present | Jacob | dans mai | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mai=Theme | 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:* His teacher writes "en mai". ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t7:2 # text = His teacher writes "en mai". 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 en en NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 mai mai X FW Foreign=Yes 5 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present | Jacob's teacher | en | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent en=Theme | *Sentence 3:* He goes, "Y'all have a special word for that?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t7:3 # text = He goes, "Y'all have a special word for that?" 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Y'all y'all PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | teacher | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Y'all | a special word | | | | for that | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | *Sentence 4:* Which is right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t7:4 # text = Which is right? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} à le mai ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t7:o1:1 # text = à le mai 1 à à X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 le le X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 mai mai X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} en le mai ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t7:o2:1 # text = en le mai 1 en en X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 le le X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 mai mai X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} en mai, or au mois de mai ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t7:o3:1 # text = en mai, or au mois de mai 1 en en X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 mai mai X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 au au NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 mois mois NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 6 flat:foreign _ _ 8 mai mai X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} dans le mai ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t7:o4:1 # text = dans le mai 1 dans dans X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 le le X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 mai mai X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ ``` 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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