--- title: What would happen if you told a French waiter "Je suis faim"? — Être: to be · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you told a French waiter "Je suis faim"? Test 5 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · Être: to be What would happen if you told a French waiter "Je suis faim"? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, tell · **To what, where:** French waiter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t5:1 # text = What would happen if you told a French waiter "Je suis faim"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 waiter waiter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Je Je PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 suis suis X FW Foreign=Yes 13 compound _ _ 13 faim faim NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | a French waiter | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent waiter=Recipient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He'd understand, but French says j'ai faim ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t5:o1:1 # text = He'd understand, but French says j'ai faim 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 j'ai j'ai X FW _ 9 compound _ _ 9 faim faim NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | would | He | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | French | j'ai faim | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent faim=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} He'd think you were very full ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t5:o2:1 # text = He'd think you were very full 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | you | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He'd bring you the bill straight away ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t5:o3:1 # text = He'd bring you the bill straight away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 straight straight ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | would | He | the bill | you | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination bill=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He'd think you said your name was Faim ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t5:o4:1 # text = He'd think you said your name was Faim 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 Faim Faim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | He | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | your name | Faim | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **name** | | your | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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