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title: ★ Why might someone call a clumsy person "gauche" in English? — The town and directions · tree and pragmatics
description: ★ Why might someone call a clumsy person "gauche" in English? Test 3 · ★ 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 3 · ★ · The town and directions

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★ Why might someone call a clumsy person "gauche" in English?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** someone · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** ★, English · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t3:1
# text = ★ Why might someone call a clumsy person "gauche" in English?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
2	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
5	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	gauche	gauche	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | might | someone | ★ |  | English |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is the name of a clumsy French king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t3:o1:1
# text = It is the name of a clumsy French king
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the name |  |  |  | of a clumsy French king | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It comes from the French word for straight on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t3:o2:1
# text = It comes from the French word for straight on
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | It |  |  | the French word |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from word=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It comes from a French word meaning very clever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t3:o3:1
# text = It comes from a French word meaning very clever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | It |  |  | a French word |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from word=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund | a French word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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

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It comes from the French word for left, once thought awkward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t3:o4:1
# text = It comes from the French word for left, once thought awkward
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	advmod	_	_
11	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
12	awkward	awkward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | It |  |  | the French word for left |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from word=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | awkward, once *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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