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title: Lily from Ohio asks, "Chez - is that like cheese, no cap?" (no cap =… — My house and my home · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily from Ohio asks, "Chez - is that like cheese, no cap?" (no cap = honestly) What do you tell her? Test 11 of lesson 21 «My house and my home» 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 11 · My house and my home

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Lily from Ohio asks, "Chez - is that like cheese, no cap?" (no cap = honestly) What do you tell her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lily, Chez, you · **What happens:** ask, be, tell · **To what, where:** cap, Chez · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 21 «My house and my home» 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/21-my-house-and-my-home/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily from Ohio asks, "Chez - is that like cheese, no cap?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t11:1
# text = Lily from Ohio asks, "Chez - is that like cheese, no cap?"
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Chez	Chez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Lily from Ohio |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Chez |  |  |  |  | like that cheese and no cap | 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:* (no cap = honestly) What do you tell her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t11:2
# text = (no cap = honestly) What do you tell her?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	5	punct	_	_
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you | no cap | Chez |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes: chez means kitchen, where cheese is kept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes: chez means kitchen, where cheese is kept
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	chez	chez	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | chez | kitchen |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitchen=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** | present · passive |  | cheese |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No: chez is a polite word for sir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t11:o2:1
# text = No: chez is a polite word for sir
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	chez	chez	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sir	sir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | no chez | a polite word |  |  |  | for sir | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No: chez means at someone's home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t11:o3:1
# text = No: chez means at someone's home
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	chez	chez	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | no chez |  |  | someone's home |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes: chez is how French people say cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes: chez is how French people say cheese
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	chez	chez	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | chez |  |  |  |  | french *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | French people | cheese |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cheese=Topic |

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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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