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title: Leo from Sydney asks "C'est loin ?" and hears "Non, c'est tout près.… — The town and directions · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo from Sydney asks "C'est loin ?" and hears "Non, c'est tout près." He says, "Sweet as, servo's close then." (servo = petrol station) What did the man say? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 22 «The town and directions» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 6 · ★ · The town and directions

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Leo from Sydney asks "C'est loin ?" and hears "Non, c'est tout près." He says, "Sweet as, servo's close then." (servo = petrol station) What did the man say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, man · **What happens:** ask, hear, say · **To what, where:** C'est loin, Non, servo · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo from Sydney asks "C'est loin ?" and hears "Non, c'est tout près."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t6:1
# text = Leo from Sydney asks "C'est loin ?" and hears "Non, c'est tout près."
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	C'est	C'est	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	loin	loin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Non	Non	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	c'est	c'est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	flat:foreign	_	_
16	tout	tout	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	flat:foreign	_	_
17	près	près	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Leo from Sydney | C'est loin |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent loin=Recipient |
| 2 | **hear** | present | Leo from Sydney *not said here* | Non |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer non=Stimulus |

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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:* He says, "Sweet as, servo's close then."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t6:2
# text = He says, "Sweet as, servo's close then."
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	servo	servo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* (servo = petrol station) What did the man say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t6:3
# text = (servo = petrol station) What did the man say?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	servo	servo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	5	punct	_	_
4	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
7	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the man | servo and petrol station |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, it's very far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t6:o1:1
# text = No, it's very far
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's very near

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t6:o2:1
# text = No, it's very near
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	near	near	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, turn right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, turn right
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's a long way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, it's a long way
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	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 | it | a long way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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