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title: Ethan stands up when he hears "Levez la main !" The teacher laughs,… — In the classroom · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan stands up when he hears "Levez la main !" The teacher laughs, "Raise the hand, not the boy." Which order did Ethan think he heard? Test 4 · ★ 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 optio
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# Test 4 · ★ · In the classroom

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Ethan stands up when he hears "Levez la main !" The teacher laughs, "Raise the hand, not the boy." Which order did Ethan think he heard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ethan, teacher, order · **What happens:** stand up, hear, laugh, raise, think · **To what, where:** Levez, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan stands up when he hears "Levez la main !"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t4:1
# text = Ethan stands up when he hears "Levez la main !"
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Levez	Levez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	flat:foreign	_	_
10	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | present | Ethan |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hear** | present | Ethan | Levez |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer levez=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:* The teacher laughs, "Raise the hand, not the boy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t4:2
# text = The teacher laughs, "Raise the hand, not the boy."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Raise	raise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | the teacher |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **raise** *in a quote* | infinitive | the teacher *not said here* | the hand and the boy |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Which order did Ethan think he heard?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t4:3
# text = Which order did Ethan think he heard?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | which order |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | participle | Ethan |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

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

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levez-vous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t4:o1:1
# text = levez-vous
1	levez	levez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	vous	vous	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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écoutez

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t4:o2:1
# text = écoutez
1	écoutez	écoutez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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asseyez-vous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t4:o3:1
# text = asseyez-vous
1	asseyez	asseyez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	vous	vous	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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regardez

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:t4:o4:1
# text = regardez
1	regardez	regardez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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