--- title: Jacob's mate in Liverpool goes, "Je suis, tu es, il est - sounds lik… — Être: to be · tree and pragmatics description: Jacob's mate in Liverpool goes, "Je suis, tu es, il est - sounds like a footy chant, la." Which line keeps the chant going right? 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Which line keeps the chant going right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, suis, line, chant · **What happens:** go, sound, keep · **To what, where:** chant · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 28 «Être: to be» 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/28-etre-to-be/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t1:1 # text = Jacob's mate in Liverpool goes, "Je suis, tu es, il est - sounds like a footy chant, la." Which line keeps the chant going right? 1 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 10 nsubj _ _ 10 suis suis X FW Foreign=Yes 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 tu tu X FW Foreign=Yes 13 flat:foreign _ _ 13 es es X FW Foreign=Yes 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 il il X FW Foreign=Yes 10 conj _ _ 16 est est NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 footy footy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 chant chant NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 la. La. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 26 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 27 det _ _ 27 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 chant chant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 right right ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Jacob's mate in Liverpool | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | | suis | | | | | like a footy chant | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | present | which line | the chant | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chant=Theme | | 4 | **go** | gerund | the chant *not said here* | | | | | right *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} nous sont, vous êtes, ils sommes ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t1:o1:1 # text = nous sont, vous êtes, ils sommes 1 nous nous NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 sont sont NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 vous vous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 êtes ête NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ils il NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 compound _ _ 8 sommes somme NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} nous sommes, vous êtes, ils sont ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t1:o2:1 # text = nous sommes, vous êtes, ils sont 1 nous nous NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 sommes somme NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 vous vous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 êtes ête NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ils il NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 8 sont sont X FW Foreign=Yes 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} nous êtes, vous sommes, ils sont ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t1:o3:1 # text = nous êtes, vous sommes, ils sont 1 nous nous NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 êtes ête NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 vous vous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sommes somme NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ils il NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 8 sont sont X FW Foreign=Yes 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} nous sommes, vous es, ils sont ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t1:o4:1 # text = nous sommes, vous es, ils sont 1 nous nous NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 sommes somme NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 vous vous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 es e NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ils il NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 8 sont sont X FW Foreign=Yes 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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