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title: Aisha panics when her teacher says "En français !" What could happen… — In the classroom · tree and pragmatics
description: Aisha panics when her teacher says "En français !" What could happen if she learns only one sentence first? Test 3 · ★ 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 3 · ★ · In the classroom

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Aisha panics when her teacher says "En français !" What could happen if she learns only one sentence first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aisha, teacher · **What happens:** panic, say, happen, learn · **To what, where:** En, one sentence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aisha panics when her teacher says "En français !"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t3:1
# text = Aisha panics when her teacher says "En français !"
1	Aisha	Aisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	panics	panic	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	En	En	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	français	français	X	FW	_	8	flat:foreign	_	_
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **panic** | present | Aisha |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Aisha's teacher | En |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent en=Topic |

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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 could happen if she learns only one sentence first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t3:2
# text = What could happen if she learns only one sentence first?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | teacher | one sentence |  |  |  | first *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She will forget all her English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t3:o1:1
# text = She will forget all her English
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | future | She | her English |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She can always ask for the toilet politely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t3:o2:1
# text = She can always ask for the toilet politely
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | can | She |  |  |  |  | for the toilet; always, politely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She will never need the toilet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t3:o3:1
# text = She will never need the toilet
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | future | She | the toilet |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot toilet=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She will be told off every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t3:o4:1
# text = She will be told off every day
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | future · passive |  | She |  |  | day |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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