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title: Poppy moans, "cafe is literally the same as English, so unfair." Wha… — Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends · tree and pragmatics
description: Poppy moans, "cafe is literally the same as English, so unfair." What would café sound like without its é? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends» 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
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# Test 1 · ★ · Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Poppy moans, "cafe is literally the same as English, so unfair." What would café sound like without its é?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Poppy, cafe · **What happens:** moan, be, sound

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends» 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/3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Poppy moans, "cafe is literally the same as English, so unfair."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t1:1
# text = Poppy moans, "cafe is literally the same as English, so unfair."
1	Poppy	Poppy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moans	moan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	cafe	cafe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moan** | present | Poppy |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cafe |  |  |  |  | as English; literally, same *property* | 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:* What would café sound like without its é?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t1:2
# text = What would café sound like without its é?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	é	é	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | would |  |  |  |  |  | like cafe's é | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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"ka-FEE", like in an American diner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t1:o1:1
# text = "ka-FEE", like in an American diner
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ka	ka	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	FEE	fee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	diner	diner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Exactly the same, so the accent is only decoration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t1:o2:1
# text = Exactly the same, so the accent is only decoration
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the accent | decoration |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"ka-FAY", but only in capitals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t1:o3:1
# text = "ka-FAY", but only in capitals
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ka	ka	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	FAY	fay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	capitals	capital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"KAF", because the final e would be silent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t1:o4:1
# text = "KAF", because the final e would be silent
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	KAF	kaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	silent	silent	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** | would | KAF |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | tree rules |

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