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title: Leo says, "An Indian pig? That's not a guinea pig, mate!" What's the… — Pets and animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo says, "An Indian pig? That's not a guinea pig, mate!" What's the funny truth? Test 11 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · Pets and animals

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Leo says, "An Indian pig? That's not a guinea pig, mate!" What's the funny truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, That, funny truth · **What happens:** say, not be, be · **To what, where:** guinea pig · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo says, "An Indian pig?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t11:1
# text = Leo says, "An Indian pig?
1	Leo	Leo	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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* That's not a guinea pig, mate!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t11:2
# text = That's not a guinea pig, mate!"
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | That | a guinea pig |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the funny truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t11:3
# text = What's the funny truth?
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	5	det	_	_
4	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	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 | the funny truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Guinea pigs come from India, so the French are right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t11:o1:1
# text = Guinea pigs come from India, so the French are right
1	Guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
11	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Guinea pigs |  |  | India |  | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from india=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Guinea pigs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | french *property* | tree rules |

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

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English calls them guinea pigs though they aren't pigs or from Guinea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t11:o2:1
# text = English calls them guinea pigs though they aren't pigs or from Guinea
1	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	xcomp	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Guinea	Guinea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | English | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme pig=Result |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | pigs *= pig* | pigs or Guinea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The French word means "pig of the night"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t11:o3:1
# text = The French word means "pig of the night"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the French word | pig of the night |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The French call them Indian pigs because they really are pigs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t11:o4:1
# text = The French call them Indian pigs because they really are pigs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | the French | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme pig=Result |
| 2 | **does** | present | pigs *= pig* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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