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title: Ethan says, "Hats are boys? Bummer." ("Bummer" means what a shame.)… — Clothes · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan says, "Hats are boys? Bummer." ("Bummer" means what a shame.) Which tip helps guess the gender? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 17 «Clothes» 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 4 · ★ · Clothes

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Ethan says, "Hats are boys? Bummer." ("Bummer" means what a shame.) Which tip helps guess the gender?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ethan, Hats, Bummer, tip · **What happens:** say, be, mean, shame, help, guess · **To what, where:** boys, gender · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 17 «Clothes» 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/17-clothes/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan says, "Hats are boys?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t4:1
# text = Ethan says, "Hats are boys?
1	Ethan	Ethan	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	Hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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: ask* | present | Ethan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Hats | boys |  |  |  |  | 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:* Bummer."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t4:2
# text = Bummer."
1	Bummer	bummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* ("Bummer" means what a shame.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t4:3
# text = ("Bummer" means what a shame.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bummer	bummer	NOUN	NN	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	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Bummer |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shame** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 4:* Which tip helps guess the gender?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t4:4
# text = Which tip helps guess the gender?
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	_	_
4	guess	guess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gender	gender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	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 NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **guess** | infinitive | which tip *not said here* | the gender |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gender=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Every hat in French is feminine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t4:o1:1
# text = Every hat in French is feminine
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	feminine	feminine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every hat in French |  |  |  |  | feminine *property* | tree rules |

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

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-eau words are almost always masculine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t4:o2:1
# text = -eau words are almost always masculine
1	-	-	PUNCT	NFP	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	eau	eau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | eau words |  |  |  |  | always, masculine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Clothes for boys are masculine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t4:o3:1
# text = Clothes for boys are masculine
1	Clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Clothes for boys |  |  |  |  | masculine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Long words are always feminine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t4:o4:1
# text = Long words are always feminine
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	feminine	feminine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Long words |  |  |  |  | always, feminine *property* | tree rules |

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