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title: Ruby answers "À la piscine !" and her mum says that's lazy, she need… — The town and directions · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby answers "À la piscine !" and her mum says that's lazy, she needs a whole sentence. Is she right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 22 «The town and directions» 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 · ★ · The town and directions

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Ruby answers "À la piscine !" and her mum says that's lazy, she needs a whole sentence. Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, mum, that · **What happens:** answer, say, be, need · **To what, where:** piscine, whole sentence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 22 «The town and directions» 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/22-the-town-and-directions/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby answers "À la piscine !" and her mum says that's lazy, she needs a whole sentence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t11:1
# text = Ruby answers "À la piscine !" and her mum says that's lazy, she needs a whole sentence.
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	À	à	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	piscine	piscine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby | la piscine |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent piscine=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **need** | present | mum | a whole sentence |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sentence=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:* Is she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t11:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	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 | mum |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, à la piscine is not real French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, à la piscine is not real French
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	à	à	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	piscine	piscine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present |  | real French |  |  |  | à la piscine | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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No, but she should have said au piscine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t11:o2:1
# text = No, but she should have said au piscine
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
8	au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	piscine	piscine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should · perfect | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, French always needs a full sentence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, French always needs a full sentence
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present |  | a full sentence |  |  |  | always *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sentence=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, short answers are normal French talk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t11:o4:1
# text = No, short answers are normal French talk
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | short answers | normal French talk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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