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title: Ollie wrote "Ou est la gare ?" His teacher laughs: "You asked 'or is… — Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends · tree and pragmatics
description: Ollie wrote "Ou est la gare ?" His teacher laughs: "You asked 'or is the station'." What did he forget? Test 6 · ★ 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 wa
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# Test 6 · ★ · Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends

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Ollie wrote "Ou est la gare ?" His teacher laughs: "You asked 'or is the station'." What did he forget?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ollie, teacher, You · **What happens:** write, laugh, ask, be, forget · **To what, where:** station · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie wrote "Ou est la gare ?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t6:1
# text = Ollie wrote "Ou est la gare ?"
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Ou	Ou	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	compound	_	_
5	est	est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
6	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
7	gare	gare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Ollie |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* His teacher laughs: "You asked 'or is the station'."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t6:2
# text = His teacher laughs: "You asked 'or is the station'."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
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	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Ollie's teacher |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You *not said here* | the station |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What did he forget?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t6:3
# text = What did he forget?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · do-support | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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the cédille under the c

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t6:o1:1
# text = the cédille under the c
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cédille	cédille	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the two dots on the e

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t6:o2:1
# text = the two dots on the e
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dots	dot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the accent grave on où

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t6:o3:1
# text = the accent grave on où
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	où	où	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the capital letter on gare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:t6:o4:1
# text = the capital letter on gare
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gare	Gare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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