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title: ★★★ Lily writes down how she heard four words: "SHA", "zhuh", "KATR"… — Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Lily writes down how she heard four words: "SHA", "zhuh", "KATR", "TAY". Which list of spellings matches them in order? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 11 · ★ · Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u

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★★★ Lily writes down how she heard four words: "SHA", "zhuh", "KATR", "TAY". Which list of spellings matches them in order?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, list · **What happens:** write down, hear, match, list · **To what, where:** four words, spellings, order

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» 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/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Lily writes down how she heard four words: "SHA", "zhuh", "KATR", "TAY".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t11:1
# text = ★★★ Lily writes down how she heard four words: "SHA", "zhuh", "KATR", "TAY".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	SHA	SHA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	zhuh	zhuh	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	KATR	KATR	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	TAY	tay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | present | ★ ★ Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hear** | past | ★ | four words |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |

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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:* Which list of spellings matches them in order?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t11:2
# text = Which list of spellings matches them in order?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spellings	spelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	matches	match	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | present | which list of spellings | spellings *= spelling* |  | order |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **list** |  |  | spellings |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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chat, je, quatre, thé

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t11:o1:1
# text = chat, je, quatre, thé
1	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	thé	thé	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
sac, je, quatre, thé

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t11:o2:1
# text = sac, je, quatre, thé
1	sac	sac	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	thé	thé	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chat, jaune, quatre, thé

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t11:o3:1
# text = chat, jaune, quatre, thé
1	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	jaune	jaune	NOUN	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	quatre	quatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	thé	thé	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chat, je, quatorze, thé

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t11:o4:1
# text = chat, je, quatorze, thé
1	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	quatorze	quatorze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	thé	thé	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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