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title: The class falls about when Ollie says "Mon chat est un chien." Which… — Pets and animals · tree and pragmatics
description: The class falls about when Ollie says "Mon chat est un chien." Which tip helps? Test 1 of lesson 15 «Pets and animals» 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 1 · Pets and animals

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The class falls about when Ollie says "Mon chat est un chien." Which tip helps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** class, Ollie, Mon, tip · **What happens:** fall about, say, chien, help · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 15 «Pets and animals» 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/15-pets-and-animals/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The class falls about when Ollie says "Mon chat est un chien."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t1:1
# text = The class falls about when Ollie says "Mon chat est un chien."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Mon	mon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	est	est	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	un	un	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	chien	chien	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall about** | present | the class |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **chien** *in a quote* |  | Mon and chat est |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Which tip helps?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t1:2
# text = Which tip helps?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	tip	tip	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 tip |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Say them in pairs with pictures: chien, dog; chat, cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t1:o1:1
# text = Say them in pairs with pictures: chien, dog; chat, cat
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	chien	chien	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | pairs with pictures |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent they=Theme in pair=Manner |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never talk about pets in French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t1:o2:1
# text = Never talk about pets in French
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | French |  | about pets | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about pet=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Always say chat when you mean any pet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t1:o3:1
# text = Always say chat when you mean any pet
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | chat |  |  |  | always *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chat=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | you | any pet |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Use the English words, they're easier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t1:o4:1
# text = Use the English words, they're easier
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | the English words |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | words *= word* |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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