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title: Sophie says, "So crayon's a pencil? Mind blown." ("Mind blown" means… — In the classroom · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie says, "So crayon's a pencil? Mind blown." ("Mind blown" means amazed.) What are wax crayons in French? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 20 «In the classroom» 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 2 · ★ · In the classroom

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Sophie says, "So crayon's a pencil? Mind blown." ("Mind blown" means amazed.) What are wax crayons in French?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sophie, crayon, Mind · **What happens:** say, be, blow, mean · **To what, where:** pencil, Mind, wax crayons, French · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 20 «In the classroom» 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/20-in-the-classroom/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie says, "So crayon's a pencil?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t2:1
# text = Sophie says, "So crayon's a pencil?
1	Sophie	Sophie	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	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	So	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	crayon	crayon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 | Sophie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | crayon | a pencil |  |  |  |  | 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:* Mind blown."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t2:2
# text = Mind blown."
1	Mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | participle | Mind |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* ("Mind blown" means amazed.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t2:3
# text = ("Mind blown" means amazed.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	amazed	amazed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** *in a quote* | participle |  | Mind *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Mind |  |  |  |  | amazed *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* What are wax crayons in French?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t2:4
# text = What are wax crayons in French?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	crayons	crayon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | wax crayons |  | French |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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des stylos de cire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t2:o1:1
# text = des stylos de cire
1	des	des	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stylos	stylo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
3	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
4	cire	cire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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des gommes de couleur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t2:o2:1
# text = des gommes de couleur
1	des	des	X	FW	_	2	compound	_	_
2	gommes	gomme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
4	couleur	couleur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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des crayons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t2:o3:1
# text = des crayons
1	des	des	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crayons	crayon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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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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des crayons de cire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t2:o4:1
# text = des crayons de cire
1	des	des	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crayons	crayon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
4	cire	cire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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