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title: Harry says, "Mint, same song!" ("Mint" means great.) What do the Fre… — Dates and birthdays · tree and pragmatics
description: Harry says, "Mint, same song!" ("Mint" means great.) What do the French kids sing? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 11 «Dates and birthdays» 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Dates and birthdays

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Harry says, "Mint, same song!" ("Mint" means great.) What do the French kids sing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Harry, Mint, French kids · **What happens:** say, mean, be, sing · **To what, where:** Mint · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 11 «Dates and birthdays» 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/11-dates-and-birthdays/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Harry says, "Mint, same song!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:t4:1
# text = Harry says, "Mint, same song!"
1	Harry	Harry	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	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Harry | Mint and same song |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mint=Topic |

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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:* ("Mint" means great.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:t4:2
# text = ("Mint" means great.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Mint |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What do the French kids sing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:t4:3
# text = What do the French kids sing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the French kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Happy birthday in English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:t4:o1:1
# text = Happy birthday in English
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Joyeux anniversaire, to the same tune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:t4:o2:1
# text = Joyeux anniversaire, to the same tune
1	Joyeux	Joyeux	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	anniversaire	anniversaire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bonne année, to a different and much slower tune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:t4:o3:1
# text = Bonne année, to a different and much slower tune
1	Bonne	bonne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	année	année	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Frère Jacques, to a party tune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:t4:o4:1
# text = Frère Jacques, to a party tune
1	Frère	Frère	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Jacques	Jacques	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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