--- title: Ethan says, "Pétanque? That's just for old blokes in flat caps, like… — Hobbies and sport · tree and pragmatics description: Ethan says, "Pétanque? That's just for old blokes in flat caps, like." Is he right? Test 4 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 each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/23-hobbies-and-sport/t4/) [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/) / [Hobbies and sport](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/23-hobbies-and-sport/) / t4 # Test 4 · Hobbies and sport Ethan says, "Pétanque? That's just for old blokes in flat caps, like." Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ethan, That · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** Pétanque, flat caps · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ethan says, "Pétanque? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t4:1 # text = Ethan says, "Pétanque? 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 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 Pétanque Pétanque PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ethan | Pétanque | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pétanque=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. *Sentence 2:* That's just for old blokes in flat caps, like." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t4:2 # text = That's just for old blokes in flat caps, like." 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 blokes bloke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 caps cap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | That | | | flat caps | | for old blokes | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t4:3 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ethan | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, children are not allowed ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t4:o1:1 # text = Yes, children are not allowed 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | | children | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, children play it too ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t4:o2:1 # text = No, children play it too 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present | children | it | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it's only for children ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t4:o3:1 # text = No, it's only for children 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | for children | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it is only played in cafés ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t4:o4:1 # text = Yes, it is only played in cafés 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 cafés café NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present · passive | | it | | cafés | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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