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title: Ethan from Boston drinks hot apple juice in Strasbourg and says, "Wi… — Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day Fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan from Boston drinks hot apple juice in Strasbourg and says, "Wicked festive, but Christmas markets are only German, right?" What do you tell him? Test 4 of lesson 32 «Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 4 · Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style

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Ethan from Boston drinks hot apple juice in Strasbourg and says, "Wicked festive, but Christmas markets are only German, right?" What do you tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ethan, Christmas markets, you · **What happens:** drink, say, be, tell · **To what, where:** hot apple juice, Strasbourg, Ethan · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan from Boston drinks hot apple juice in Strasbourg and says, "Wicked festive, but Christmas markets are only German, right?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t4:1
# text = Ethan from Boston drinks hot apple juice in Strasbourg and says, "Wicked festive, but Christmas markets are only German, right?"
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Boston	Boston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Strasbourg	Strasbourg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	festive	festive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
20	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	only	only	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	22	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | Ethan from Boston | hot apple juice |  | Strasbourg |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ethan from Boston *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Christmas markets |  |  |  |  | german *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What do you tell him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t4:2
# text = What do you tell him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  | Ethan |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The French copied markets from America

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t4:o1:1
# text = The French copied markets from America
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | the French | markets |  | America |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent market=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Strasbourg is in Germany, so he's right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t4:o2:1
# text = Strasbourg is in Germany, so he's right
1	Strasbourg	Strasbourg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Germany	Germany	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Strasbourg |  |  | Germany |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Strasbourg |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He's right, France has no Christmas markets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t4:o3:1
# text = He's right, France has no Christmas markets
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	csubj	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | France | no Christmas markets |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent market=Patient |

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

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Strasbourg's market is one of the oldest in Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t4:o4:1
# text = Strasbourg's market is one of the oldest in Europe
1	Strasbourg	Strasbourg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Strasbourg's market | one |  |  |  | of the oldest | tree rules |
| 2 | **market** |  | Strasbourg |  |  |  |  |  | nom market «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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