--- title: Ruby whispers, "Perfume?! Do I smell?" when the man asks "Quel parfu… — At the café: ordering in French · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby whispers, "Perfume?! Do I smell?" when the man asks "Quel parfum ?" How should she answer? 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How should she answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, I, man · **What happens:** whisper, smell, ask, answer · **To what, where:** Perfume, Quel parfum This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 19 «At the café: ordering in French» 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/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby whispers, "Perfume?! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t11:1 # text = Ruby whispers, "Perfume?! 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 whispers whisper 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 Perfume perfume NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ?! ?! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby | Perfume | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Do I smell?" when the man asks "Quel parfum ?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t11:2 # text = Do I smell?" when the man asks "Quel parfum ?" 1 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smell smell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Quel quel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 parfum parfum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP.location V»: agent=Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | the man | Quel parfum | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parfum=Recipient | *Sentence 3:* How should she answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t11:3 # text = How should she answer? 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 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | should | Ruby | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Non, merci, je ne porte pas de parfum ! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t11:o1:1 # text = Non, merci, je ne porte pas de parfum ! 1 Non Non PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 merci merci NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 je je X FW Foreign=Yes 10 nsubj _ _ 6 ne ne X FW Foreign=Yes 5 flat:foreign _ _ 7 porte porte X FW Foreign=Yes 5 flat:foreign _ _ 8 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 5 flat:foreign _ _ 9 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 5 flat:foreign _ _ 10 parfum parfum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Je voudrais un parfum. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t11:o2:1 # text = Je voudrais un parfum. 1 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 4 nsubj _ _ 2 voudrais voudrais X FW Foreign=Yes 4 compound _ _ 3 un un X FW Foreign=Yes 4 compound _ _ 4 parfum parfum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Chocolat, s'il vous plaît ! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t11:o3:1 # text = Chocolat, s'il vous plaît ! 1 Chocolat Chocolat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 s'il s'il X FW Foreign=Yes 5 compound _ _ 4 vous vous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 plaît plaît NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Merci, au revoir ! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french:t11:o4:1 # text = Merci, au revoir ! 1 Merci Merci PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 au au NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 revoir revoir NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` 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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