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title: ★★★ A French family eats la galette with five people. The youngest i… — Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day Fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A French family eats la galette with five people. The youngest is under the table. How many slices does the youngest call out names for? Test 10 of lesson 32 «Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 10 · Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style

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★★★ A French family eats la galette with five people. The youngest is under the table. How many slices does the youngest call out names for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, youngest, many slices · **What happens:** eat, be, call out · **To what, where:** galette, table, names

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This is test 10 of lesson 32 «Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style» 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/32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A French family eats la galette with five people.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t10:1
# text = ★★★ A French family eats la galette with five people.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	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	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	galette	galette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | ★ ★ a French family | la galette |  |  |  | with five people | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent galette=Patient |

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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:* The youngest is under the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t10:2
# text = The youngest is under the table.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* How many slices does the youngest call out names for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t10:3
# text = How many slices does the youngest call out names for?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	slices	slice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | many slices | names |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Four, because the youngest gets none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t10:o1:1
# text = Four, because the youngest gets none
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the youngest | none |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer none=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Six, one extra for the fève

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t10:o2:1
# text = Six, one extra for the fève
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fève	fève	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One, only their own slice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t10:o3:1
# text = One, only their own slice
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slice** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Five, one for each person including the youngest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t10:o4:1
# text = Five, one for each person including the youngest
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	including	include	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** | gerund | each person *not said here* | the youngest |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Theme |

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