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title: ★★ Harry has learned "-age is le". His teacher writes a sentence abo… — Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy o… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★ Harry has learned "-age is le". His teacher writes a sentence about the beach. Which should he write? Test 4 · ★★ 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 4 · ★★ · Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl

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★★ Harry has learned "-age is le". His teacher writes a sentence about the beach. Which should he write?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ Harry, teacher · **What happens:** learn, be, write · **To what, where:** age le, sentence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★ Harry has learned "-age is le".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t4:1
# text = ★★ Harry has learned "-age is le".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · perfect | ★ ★ Harry |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | age le |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* His teacher writes a sentence about the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t4:2
# text = His teacher writes a sentence about the beach.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Harry's teacher | a sentence |  |  |  | about the beach | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sentence=Recipient about beach=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Which should he write?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t4:3
# text = Which should he write?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	write	write	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 | **write** | should |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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les plage, because beaches are big

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t4:o1:1
# text = les plage, because beaches are big
1	les	les	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plage	plage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
5	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | les plage because beaches |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
le plage, following the rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t4:o2:1
# text = le plage, following the rule
1	le	le	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plage	plage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund | le plage | the rule |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
la plage, a famous exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t4:o3:1
# text = la plage, a famous exception
1	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plage	plage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
l'plage, because of the vowel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:t4:o4:1
# text = l'plage, because of the vowel
1	l'plage	l'plage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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