--- title: Daniel in Liverpool asks, "Boss, so the dad's the sea?" ("Boss" mean… — Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends · tree and pragmatics description: Daniel in Liverpool asks, "Boss, so the dad's the sea?" ("Boss" means great.) What is the truth? 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What is the truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Daniel, dad, Boss, truth · **What happens:** ask, be, mean · **To what, where:** Boss, sea · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Daniel in Liverpool asks, "Boss, so the dad's the sea?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t2:1 # text = Daniel in Liverpool asks, "Boss, so the dad's the sea?" 1 Daniel Daniel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Daniel in Liverpool | Boss | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boss=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the dad | the sea | | | | | tree rules | 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:* ("Boss" means great.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t2:2 # text = ("Boss" means great.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Boss | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What is the truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t2:3 # text = What is the truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is 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 truth truth 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 truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} la mer is the dad, and le maire is the mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t2:o1:1 # text = la mer is the dad, and le maire is the mum 1 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 5 nsubj _ _ 2 mer mer X FW _ 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 le le DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 maire maire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | la | the dad and the mum | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | le maire | the mum | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} la mère is the mother; la mer is the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t2:o2:1 # text = la mère is the mother; la mer is the sea 1 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 5 nsubj _ _ 2 mère mère X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 7 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 5 conj _ _ 8 mer m ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 xcomp _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | la | the mother | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | the mother | the sea | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They all mean the sea, just spelled differently ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t2:o3:1 # text = They all mean the sea, just spelled differently 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 spelled spell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 9 differently differently ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | They | the sea | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Topic | | 2 | **spell** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | differently *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} la mère is the sea; le père is the mayor ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t2:o4:1 # text = la mère is the sea; le père is the mayor 1 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 5 nsubj _ _ 2 mère mère X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 le le NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 père père NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | la | the sea and the mayor | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | le père | the mayor | | | | | tree rules | **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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