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title: ★★★ Emma's mum's sister has one son and one daughter. What are they… — My family · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Emma's mum's sister has one son and one daughter. What are they to Emma? Test 12 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 wrong.
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# Test 12 · My family

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★★★ Emma's mum's sister has one son and one daughter. What are they to Emma?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ sister, son · **What happens:** have, be · **To what, where:** one son, Emma

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This is test 12 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Emma's mum's sister has one son and one daughter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t12:1
# text = ★★★ Emma's mum's sister has one son and one daughter.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	Emma	Emma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Emma's mum's ★ sister | one son and one daughter |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient |

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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 are they to Emma?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t12:2
# text = What are they to Emma?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Emma	Emma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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mon cousine et ma cousin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t12:o1:1
# text = mon cousine et ma cousin
1	mon	mon	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	nsubj	_	_
2	cousine	cousine	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	et	et	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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mon frère et ma sœur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t12:o2:1
# text = mon frère et ma sœur
1	mon	mon	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	nsubj	_	_
2	frère	frère	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	et	et	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	ma	ma	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	sœur	sœur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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mon cousin et ma cousine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t12:o3:1
# text = mon cousin et ma cousine
1	mon	mon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	et	et	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cousine	cousine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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mon oncle et ma tante

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:t12:o4:1
# text = mon oncle et ma tante
1	mon	mon	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	oncle	oncle	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	et	et	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	ma	ma	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	tante	tante	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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

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