--- title: Your US penpal goes, "Ugh, on est? Like, 'on' the table? That's so m… — Être: to be · tree and pragmatics description: Your US penpal goes, "Ugh, on est? Like, 'on' the table? That's so mid." (mid = not great) What does on mean? Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Être: to be Your US penpal goes, "Ugh, on est? Like, 'on' the table? That's so mid." (mid = not great) What does on mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** US penpal, That · **What happens:** go, be, mean This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your US penpal goes, "Ugh, on est? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t9:1 # text = Your US penpal goes, "Ugh, on est? 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 penpal penpal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Ugh ugh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 est est NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Your US penpal | | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* Like, 'on' the table? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t9:2 # text = Like, 'on' the table? 1 Like like INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* That's so mid." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t9:3 # text = That's so mid." 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 mid mid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | That | | | | | mid *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 4:* (mid = not great) What does on mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t9:4 # text = (mid = not great) What does on mean? 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 mid mid X AFX _ 0 root _ _ 3 = = SYM SYM _ 5 punct _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 7 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 8 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 on on SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} On top of something ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t9:o1:1 # text = On top of something 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Only one person ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t9:o2:1 # text = Only one person 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} You, in a polite way ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t9:o3:1 # text = You, in a polite way 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} We, in everyday talk ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:28-etre-to-be:t9:o4:1 # text = We, in everyday talk 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 everyday everyday ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` 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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