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description: ★★ In a cartoon, a knight says "Je vais à la tour" and rides to a tall castle building. Is that right? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl

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★★ In a cartoon, a knight says "Je vais à la tour" and rides to a tall castle building. Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, that · **What happens:** say, ride, be · **To what, where:** vais, tall castle building · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl» 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/25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★ In a cartoon, a knight says "Je vais à la tour" and rides to a tall castle building.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t11:1
# text = ★★ In a cartoon, a knight says "Je vais à la tour" and rides to a tall castle building.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	nsubj	_	_
12	vais	vais	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	obj	_	_
13	à	à	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ in a cartoon | vais |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent vais=Topic |
| 2 | **ride** | present | ★ in a cartoon *not said here* |  |  | a tall castle building |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to building=Trajectory |

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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:* Is that right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t11:2
# text = Is that right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, la tour means a bike trip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t11:o1:1
# text = No, la tour means a bike trip
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | la tour | a bike trip |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, une tour is a tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, une tour is a tower
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	une	une	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tower	tower	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 | une tour | a tower |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it should be le tour for a tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t11:o3:1
# text = No, it should be le tour for a tower
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	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	le	le	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | should | it | le tour |  |  |  | for a tower | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, la tour means a horse ride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, la tour means a horse ride
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | la tour | a horse ride |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Topic |

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