--- title: What would happen if you pushed a door that says "Tirez"? — The town and directions · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you pushed a door that says "Tirez"? Test 9 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/22-the-town-and-directions/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/) / [The town and directions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/22-the-town-and-directions/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The town and directions What would happen if you pushed a door that says "Tirez"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, door · **What happens:** happen, push, say · **To what, where:** door, Tirez · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t9:1 # text = What would happen if you pushed a door that says "Tirez"? 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 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Tirez Tirez PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? 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 | **push** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | a door | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a door | Tirez | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tirez=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} An alarm would ring: tirez means staff only ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t9:o1:1 # text = An alarm would ring: tirez means staff only 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 ring ring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 tirez tirez X FW Foreign=Yes 7 nsubj _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | would | a alarm | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | tirez | staff | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would lock: tirez means closed ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t9:o2:1 # text = It would lock: tirez means closed 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lock lock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 tirez tirez X FW Foreign=Yes 6 nsubj _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | would | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | tirez | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It would not open: you need to pull ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t9:o3:1 # text = It would not open: you need to pull 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **open** | would | It | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **need** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **pull** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would open: tirez means push ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:t9:o4:1 # text = It would open: tirez means push 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 tirez tirez X FW Foreign=Yes 6 nsubj _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | would | It | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | tirez | push | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent push=Topic | **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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