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title: Callum from Glasgow writes "J'habite à Écosse." His mate says, "Nae… — My house and my home · tree and pragmatics
description: Callum from Glasgow writes "J'habite à Écosse." His mate says, "Nae bother, à works for everything." Who's right? Test 4 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 wr
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# Test 4 · My house and my home

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Callum from Glasgow writes "J'habite à Écosse." His mate says, "Nae bother, à works for everything." Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Callum, mate, à · **What happens:** write, say, work, be · **To what, where:** J'habite Écosse, Nae bother · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Callum from Glasgow writes "J'habite à Écosse."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t4:1
# text = Callum from Glasgow writes "J'habite à Écosse."
1	Callum	Callum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	J'habite	J'habite	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	flat:foreign	_	_
7	à	à	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	advmod	_	_
8	Écosse	Écosse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Callum from Glasgow | J'habite Écosse |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent écosse=Theme |

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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:* His mate says, "Nae bother, à works for everything."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t4:2
# text = His mate says, "Nae bother, à works for everything."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Nae	Nae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bother	bother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	à	à	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Callum's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** *in a quote* | present | à | Nae bother *not said here* |  |  |  | for everything | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent bother=Theme for everything=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t4:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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His mate: à and en are always the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t4:o1:1
# text = His mate: à and en are always the same
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	à	à	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | His mate and à and en |  |  |  |  | always, same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Callum: à goes with every place name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t4:o2:1
# text = Callum: à goes with every place name
1	Callum	Callum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	à	à	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Callum à |  |  |  |  | with every place name | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with name=Beneficiary |

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

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Neither: for Scotland it's en Écosse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t4:o3:1
# text = Neither: for Scotland it's en Écosse
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	Écosse	Écosse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | en |  |  |  | for Scotland; neither *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither: it's au Écosse for Scotland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t4:o4:1
# text = Neither: it's au Écosse for Scotland
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	Écosse	Écosse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | au |  |  |  | neither *property* | tree rules |

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