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title: Grace in Toronto asks, "Eh, is that a typo?" about œ in sœur. What's… — My family · tree and pragmatics
description: Grace in Toronto asks, "Eh, is that a typo?" about œ in sœur. What's the answer? Test 11 of lesson 14 «My family» 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 11 · My family

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Grace in Toronto asks, "Eh, is that a typo?" about œ in sœur. What's the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grace, answer · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** Eh, typo · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 14 «My family» 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/14-my-family/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace in Toronto asks, "Eh, is that a typo?" about œ in sœur.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t11:1
# text = Grace in Toronto asks, "Eh, is that a typo?" about œ in sœur.
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Eh	Eh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	typo	typo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	œ	œ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	sœur	sœur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Grace in Toronto |  | Eh |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent eh=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a typo |  |  |  | about œ in sœur | tree rules |

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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:* What's the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t11:2
# text = What's the answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it should be written "sur"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, it should be written "sur"
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	sur	sur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | should · passive |  | it |  |  |  | sur *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the o and e were glued together by mistake when typing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, the o and e were glued together by mistake when typing
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	o	o	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	glued	glue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
13	typing	type	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glue** | past · passive | mistake | the o and e |  |  |  | together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **type** | gerund | mistake *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, œ is an emoji

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t11:o3:1
# text = No, œ is an emoji
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	œ	œ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	emoji	emoji	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 a** | present | œ | a emoji |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, œ is a real French letter made of o and e

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t11:o4:1
# text = No, œ is a real French letter made of o and e
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	œ	œ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	o	o	NOUN	NN	_	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | œ | a real French letter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a real French letter *not said here* |  |  |  | of o and e | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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