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title: ★★★ Max stays at his gran's at weekends and texts "Je suis à chez ma… — My house and my home · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Max stays at his gran's at weekends and texts "Je suis à chez mamie." What's the problem? Test 6 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 right.
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# Test 6 · My house and my home

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★★★ Max stays at his gran's at weekends and texts "Je suis à chez mamie." What's the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, gran, Je, problem · **What happens:** stay, be, sui · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Max stays at his gran's at weekends and texts "Je suis à chez mamie."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t6:1
# text = ★★★ Max stays at his gran's at weekends and texts "Je suis à chez mamie."
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Je	Je	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	suis	sui	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
17	à	à	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	chez	chez	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	mamie	mamie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | ★ ★ ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Max's gran |  |  |  |  | at weekends and texts | tree rules |
| 3 | **sui** *in a quote* | present | Je |  |  |  |  | à chez mamie | 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:* What's the problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t6:2
# text = What's the problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chez needs à before it, so the sentence is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t6:o1:1
# text = chez needs à before it, so the sentence is fine
1	chez	chez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	à	à	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | chez | à |  |  | before à |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot à=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the sentence |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chez is a person's name, so it needs a capital C

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t6:o2:1
# text = chez is a person's name, so it needs a capital C
1	chez	chez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	C	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | chez | a person's name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | name | a capital C |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot c=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chez can only go with moi, never with mamie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t6:o3:1
# text = chez can only go with moi, never with mamie
1	chez	chez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	moi	MoI	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mamie	mamie	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** | can | chez |  |  |  |  | with moi; with mamie | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with moi=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chez already means "at the home of", so à is extra: Je suis chez mamie

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t6:o4:1
# text = chez already means "at the home of", so à is extra: Je suis chez mamie
1	chez	chez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	already	already	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	à	à	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	17	nsubj	_	_
17	suis	sui	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
18	chez	chez	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	mamie	mamie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | chez | the home |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | à |  |  |  |  | extra *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sui** | present | Je | chez mamie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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