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title: Kai from Auckland goes, "Chur, sweet as, I'll make up a verb: je ska… — Hobbies and sport · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai from Auckland goes, "Chur, sweet as, I'll make up a verb: je skate." (chur = thanks, cool) What's the safe trick when you don't know the verb? Test 10 of lesson 23 «Hobbies and sport» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 10 · Hobbies and sport

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Kai from Auckland goes, "Chur, sweet as, I'll make up a verb: je skate." (chur = thanks, cool) What's the safe trick when you don't know the verb?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kai, I, chur, you · **What happens:** go, make up, be, not know · **To what, where:** Chur, verb, safe trick · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 23 «Hobbies and sport» 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/23-hobbies-and-sport/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai from Auckland goes, "Chur, sweet as, I'll make up a verb: je skate."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t10:1
# text = Kai from Auckland goes, "Chur, sweet as, I'll make up a verb: je skate."
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Chur	Chur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	20	compound	_	_
20	skate	skate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Kai from Auckland | Chur |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make up** *in a quote* | future | I | a verb |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme verb=Pivot |

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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:* (chur = thanks, cool) What's the safe trick when you don't know the verb?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t10:2
# text = (chur = thanks, cool) What's the safe trick when you don't know the verb?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	chur	chur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
8	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | chur | the safe trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | you | the verb |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer verb=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Add an -o to the English word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t10:o1:1
# text = Add an -o to the English word
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	o	o	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a o |  |  |  | to the English word | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent o=Patient to word=Co-Patient |

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

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Use je fais du + the sport

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t10:o2:1
# text = Use je fais du + the sport
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	obj	_	_
3	fais	fais	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
4	du	du	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
5	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | je |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent je=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Use je joue de + the sport

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t10:o3:1
# text = Use je joue de + the sport
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	obj	_	_
3	joue	joue	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
4	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
5	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | je |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent je=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Just say the English word louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t10:o4:1
# text = Just say the English word louder
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the English word |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

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