--- title: What would happen if you asked a French hotel for "une chambre" when… — My house and my home · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you asked a French hotel for "une chambre" when you meant the dining room? Test 9 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/21-my-house-and-my-home/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [My house and my home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/21-my-house-and-my-home/) / t9 # Test 9 · My house and my home What would happen if you asked a French hotel for "une chambre" when you meant the dining room? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, ask, mean · **To what, where:** French hotel, dining room This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t9:1 # text = What would happen if you asked a French hotel for "une chambre" when you meant the dining room? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 hotel hotel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 une une X FW _ 13 flat:foreign _ _ 13 chambre chambre NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 dining dining NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | a French hotel | | | | for une chambre | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hotel=Recipient | | 3 | **mean** | past | you | the dining room | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Topic | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They'd send you down to the cellar ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t9:o1:1 # text = They'd send you down to the cellar 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send down** | would | They | | you | the cellar | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to cellar=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They'd show you to the dining room ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t9:o2:1 # text = They'd show you to the dining room 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 dining dining NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | would | They | | you | | | to the dining room | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Topic to room=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They'd think you wanted a bathroom ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t9:o3:1 # text = They'd think you wanted a bathroom 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bathroom bathroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **want** | past | you | a bathroom | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bathroom=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They'd think you wanted a bedroom ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:t9:o4:1 # text = They'd think you wanted a bedroom 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **want** | past | you | a bedroom | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bedroom=Theme | **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. 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