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title: Noah says, "Ow, tidy, but why chevaux?" ("Tidy" means good.) What's… — Pets and animals · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah says, "Ow, tidy, but why chevaux?" ("Tidy" means good.) What's the rule? Test 6 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 6 · Pets and animals

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Noah says, "Ow, tidy, but why chevaux?" ("Tidy" means good.) What's the rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Noah, Tidy, rule · **What happens:** say, mean, be · **To what, where:** Ow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah says, "Ow, tidy, but why chevaux?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t6:1
# text = Noah says, "Ow, tidy, but why chevaux?"
1	Noah	Noah	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	Ow	Ow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	tidy	tidy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	chevaux	chevaux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Noah | Ow |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ow=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:* ("Tidy" means good.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t6:2
# text = ("Tidy" means good.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Tidy	Tidy	PROPN	NNP	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	good	good	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 | Tidy |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t6:3
# text = What's the rule?
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	rule	rule	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 rule |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Horses are special in all languages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t6:o1:1
# text = Horses are special in all languages
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Horses |  |  | all languages |  | special *property* | tree rules |

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

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Most -al words change to -aux in the plural

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t6:o2:1
# text = Most -al words change to -aux in the plural
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	al	al	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	aux	aux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	plural	plural	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Most al words |  |  | the plural |  | to aux *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to aux=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every animal word adds -x in the plural, like oiseaux

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t6:o3:1
# text = Every animal word adds -x in the plural, like oiseaux
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	x	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plural	plural	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	oiseaux	oiseaux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | every animal word | x |  | the plural |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent x=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Long words change their ending to -oux

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t6:o4:1
# text = Long words change their ending to -oux
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	oux	oux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Long words | words's ending |  |  |  | to oux | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient |
| 2 | **end** |  | words *= word* |  |  |  |  |  | nom ending «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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