--- title: ★★★ A penpal writes: "J'ai deux sœurs et un frère." Lily asks "Combi… — Questions and simple sentences · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ A penpal writes: "J'ai deux sœurs et un frère." Lily asks "Combien de frères et sœurs tu as ?" What is the answer in numbers? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Questions and simple sentences» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/30-questions-and-simple-sentences/t3/) [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/) / [Questions and simple sentences](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/30-questions-and-simple-sentences/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★★ · Questions and simple sentences ★★★ A penpal writes: "J'ai deux sœurs et un frère." Lily asks "Combien de frères et sœurs tu as ?" What is the answer in numbers? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, penpal, Lily, answer · **What happens:** ★, write, ask, be · **To what, where:** Combien frères This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Questions and simple sentences» 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/30-questions-and-simple-sentences/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ A penpal writes: "J'ai deux sœurs et un frère." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:t3:1 # text = ★★★ A penpal writes: "J'ai deux sœurs et un frère." 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 penpal penpal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 J'ai J'ai X FW _ 11 compound _ _ 10 deux deux X FW Foreign=Yes 11 compound _ _ 11 sœurs sœur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ _ 12 et et CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 un un NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 frère frère NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **★** | present | ★ | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **write** | present | a penpal | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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:* Lily asks "Combien de frères et sœurs tu as ?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:t3:2 # text = Lily asks "Combien de frères et sœurs tu as ?" 1 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Combien Combien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ _ 6 frères frère NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 et et CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sœurs sœur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 tu tu X FW Foreign=Yes 6 conj _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Lily | Combien frères et sœurs | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent frère=Recipient | *Sentence 3:* What is the answer in numbers? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:t3:3 # text = What is the answer in numbers? 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 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the answer in numbers | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 2 ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:t3:o1:1 # text = 2 1 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 1 ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:t3:o2:1 # text = 1 1 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} 4 ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:t3:o3:1 # text = 4 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 3 ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:t3:o4:1 # text = 3 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` 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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