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title: Noah says "Lucky them" when his penpal has no uniform. What would be… — Clothes · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah says "Lucky them" when his penpal has no uniform. What would be a good French question to ask her? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Clothes

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Noah says "Lucky them" when his penpal has no uniform. What would be a good French question to ask her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Noah, penpal · **What happens:** say, have, be, ask · **To what, where:** Lucky, uniform, good French question · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah says "Lucky them" when his penpal has no uniform.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t6:1
# text = Noah says "Lucky them" when his penpal has no uniform.
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	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Lucky	Lucky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	penpal	penpal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	uniform	uniform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 | Noah | Lucky  them |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | Noah's penpal | no uniform |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uniform=Patient |

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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:* What would be a good French question to ask her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t6:2
# text = What would be a good French question to ask her?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would |  | a good French question |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  | Lucky |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tu as combien de chats et de chiens à la maison ?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t6:o1:1
# text = Tu as combien de chats et de chiens à la maison ?
1	Tu	Tu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	combien	combien	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	compound	_	_
5	chats	chat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	et	et	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	conj	_	_
7	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	flat:foreign	_	_
8	chiens	chiens	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
9	à	à	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	maison	maison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Quelle heure est-il ?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t6:o2:1
# text = Quelle heure est-il ?
1	Quelle	Quelle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	heure	heure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	est	est	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	il	IL	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Où est ton maillot de bain ?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t6:o3:1
# text = Où est ton maillot de bain ?
1	Où	Où	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	est	est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	ton	ton	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	maillot	maillot	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
6	bain	bain	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Qu'est-ce que tu portes à l'école ?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t6:o4:1
# text = Qu'est-ce que tu portes à l'école ?
1	Qu'est	Qu'est	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ce	ce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	que	que	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	tu	tu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	compound	_	_
6	portes	porte	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	à	à	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	l'école	l'école	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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