--- title: Ruby jokes lapin is "a lap-in", because "it does sit on yer lap". Ho… — Pets and animals · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby jokes lapin is "a lap-in", because "it does sit on yer lap". How should she say it? Test 7 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/15-pets-and-animals/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Pets and animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/15-pets-and-animals/) / t7 # Test 7 · Pets and animals Ruby jokes lapin is "a lap-in", because "it does sit on yer lap". How should she say it? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, lapin · **What happens:** joke, be, sit, say · **To what, where:** lap in, lap, lapin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby jokes lapin is "a lap-in", because "it does sit on yer lap". ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t7:1 # text = Ruby jokes lapin is "a lap-in", because "it does sit on yer lap". 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jokes joke VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lapin lapin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 in in NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 yer yer PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | present | Ruby | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | lapin | a lap in | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** *in a quote* | present · do-support | lapin | | | yer's lap | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on lap=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* How should she say it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t7:2 # text = How should she say it? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | Ruby | lapin | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} "LAP-in", like the English joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t7:o1:1 # text = "LAP-in", like the English joke 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 LAP lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 in in NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} "la-PAN", with a nasal end and no n ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t7:o2:1 # text = "la-PAN", with a nasal end and no n 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 la la NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 PAN pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 nasal nasal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 n n NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} "la-PEEN", like a pin ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t7:o3:1 # text = "la-PEEN", like a pin 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 la la NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 PEEN peen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} "lap-ANNE", with a clear n ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:15-pets-and-animals:t7:o4:1 # text = "lap-ANNE", with a clear n 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ANNE ANNE PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 n n NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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