--- title: Your cousin writes "Tu est mon ami." She goes, "It sounds the same,… — Être: to be · tree and pragmatics description: Your cousin writes "Tu est mon ami." She goes, "It sounds the same, so who cares, innit?" What's the fix? Test 2 of lesson 28 «Être: to be» 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Être: to be](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/28-etre-to-be/) / t2 # Test 2 · Être: to be Your cousin writes "Tu est mon ami." She goes, "It sounds the same, so who cares, innit?" What's the fix? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, ami, fix · **What happens:** write, go, sound, care, innit, be This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your cousin writes "Tu est mon ami." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t2:1 # text = Your cousin writes "Tu est mon ami." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Tu Tu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 est est AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 mon mon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 ami ami NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present | Your cousin | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* She goes, "It sounds the same, so who cares, innit?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t2:2 # text = She goes, "It sounds the same, so who cares, innit?" 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 cares care VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | cousin | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | ami | | | | | same *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **care** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What's the fix? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t2:3 # text = What's the fix? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fix fix NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the fix | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, est is fine with tu ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t2:o1:1 # text = Nothing, est is fine with tu 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 est est NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 tu tu NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing est | | | | | with tu; fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tu ai, like j'ai ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t2:o2:1 # text = Tu ai, like j'ai 1 Tu Tu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 ai ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 j'ai j'ai X FW Foreign=Yes 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tu es, with no t ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t2:o3:1 # text = Tu es, with no t 1 Tu Tu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 es e NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Tu et, with no s ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t2:o4:1 # text = Tu et, with no s 1 Tu Tu X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 et et X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 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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