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title: ★★★ In which group does every word have a nasal vowel? — Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ In which group does every word have a nasal vowel? Test 12 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u

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★★★ In which group does every word have a nasal vowel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★ · **What happens:** do, have · **To what, where:** word, nasal vowel

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t12:1
# text = ★★★ In which group does every word have a nasal vowel?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	nasal	nasal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | ★ ★ ★ in which group | every word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | ★ ★ ★ in which group *not said here* | a nasal vowel |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vowel=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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pain, rouge, vin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t12:o1:1
# text = pain, rouge, vin
1	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	rouge	rouge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	vin	vin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vin** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chat, main, France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t12:o2:1
# text = chat, main, France
1	chat	chat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bon, tu, maman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t12:o3:1
# text = bon, tu, maman
1	bon	bon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tu	tu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	maman	maman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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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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bon, maman, pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:t12:o4:1
# text = bon, maman, pain
1	bon	bon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	maman	maman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	pain	pain	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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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