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title: ★★★ A French word is written in four ways. Which is correct for "the… — Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A French word is written in four ways. Which is correct for "the boy is at the hospital"? Test 12 · ★ 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 was right.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends

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★★★ A French word is written in four ways. Which is correct for "the boy is at the hospital"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** write, be · **To what, where:** ★, four ways · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A French word is written in four ways.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t12:1
# text = ★★★ A French word is written in four ways.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | ★ ★ a French word |  | four ways |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in way=Destination |

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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:* Which is correct for "the boy is at the hospital"?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t12:2
# text = Which is correct for "the boy is at the hospital"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** *speech: disagree* | present |  |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the boy |  |  |  |  | for the hospital | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Le garçon est à l'hôpital.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t12:o1:1
# text = Le garçon est à l'hôpital.
1	Le	Le	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	garçon	garçon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	est	est	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	à	à	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	l'hôpital	l'hôpital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Le garcon est a l'hopital.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t12:o2:1
# text = Le garcon est a l'hopital.
1	Le	le	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	garcon	garcon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	est	est	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	l'hopital	l'hopital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Le garçon est à l'hopitâl.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t12:o3:1
# text = Le garçon est à l'hopitâl.
1	Le	Le	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	garçon	garçon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	est	est	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	à	à	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	l'hopitâl	l'hopitâl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Le garçon est a l'hôpital.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t12:o4:1
# text = Le garçon est a l'hôpital.
1	Le	Le	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	garçon	garçon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	est	est	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	l'hôpital	l'hôpital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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