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title: Sophie from Edinburgh reads "Je lis" as "liss" and her pal goes, "Ay… — Hobbies and sport · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie from Edinburgh reads "Je lis" as "liss" and her pal goes, "Aye, sounds right tae me, hen." What should they know? Test 8 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 wa
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# Test 8 · Hobbies and sport

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Sophie from Edinburgh reads "Je lis" as "liss" and her pal goes, "Aye, sounds right tae me, hen." What should they know?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sophie, pal, lis · **What happens:** read, go, sound, know · **To what, where:** Je lis, hen

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie from Edinburgh reads "Je lis" as "liss" and her pal goes, "Aye, sounds right tae me, hen."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t8:1
# text = Sophie from Edinburgh reads "Je lis" as "liss" and her pal goes, "Aye, sounds right tae me, hen."
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Je	Je	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lis	li	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	liss	liss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	21	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
22	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	_
23	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	24	case	_	_
24	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Sophie from Edinburgh | Je lis |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent li=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | present | Sophie's pal |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | Sophie's pal *not said here* | hen |  |  |  | right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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:* What should they know?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t8:2
# text = What should they know?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | should | lis *= li* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The s is said like z: zhuh LIZZ

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t8:o1:1
# text = The s is said like z: zhuh LIZZ
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	zhuh	zhuh	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
9	LIZZ	LIZZ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | the s |  |  |  | like z | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The i is long: zhuh LICE

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t8:o2:1
# text = The i is long: zhuh LICE
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	i	i	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	zhuh	zhuh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	LICE	louse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the i |  |  |  |  | LICE *obl*; long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The s is silent: zhuh LEE

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t8:o3:1
# text = The s is silent: zhuh LEE
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	zhuh	zhuh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	LEE	LEE	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the s |  |  |  |  | LEE *obl*; silent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The s is doubled: zhuh LISS

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:23-hobbies-and-sport:t8:o4:1
# text = The s is doubled: zhuh LISS
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	doubled	double	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	zhuh	zhuh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	LISS	LISS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | present · passive | LISS | the s |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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