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title: Ruby from Belfast says, "Sun's a fella, moon's a girl, so every lang… — Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby from Belfast says, "Sun's a fella, moon's a girl, so every language does it like that, so it is." Is she right? Test 3 · ★★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ruby from Belfast says, "Sun's a fella, moon's a girl, so every language does it like that, so it is." Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, Sun, moon, language · **What happens:** say, be, do · **To what, where:** fella, girl, moon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby from Belfast says, "Sun's a fella, moon's a girl, so every language does it like that, so it is."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t3:1
# text = Ruby from Belfast says, "Sun's a fella, moon's a girl, so every language does it like that, so it is."
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Belfast	Belfast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fella	fella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	like	like	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby from Belfast |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sun | a fella |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | moon | a girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | every language | moon |  |  |  | like that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | language |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t3:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	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 | Sun |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, because the sun is stronger than the moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, because the sun is stronger than the moon
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the sun |  |  |  |  | than the moon; strong *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, German does it the other way round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t3:o2:1
# text = No, German does it the other way round
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	German	German	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | German | it |  |  |  | the other way *obl:unmarked*; round *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, every language with gender agrees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, every language with gender agrees
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gender	gender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | every language with gender |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, French makes the sun feminine too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t3:o4:1
# text = No, French makes the sun feminine too
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	feminine	feminine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | French | the sun feminine |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset feminine=Product |

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