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title: Grace from Toronto says, "Pancake day on 2 February? Eh, it's not ev… — Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day Fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grace from Toronto says, "Pancake day on 2 February? Eh, it's not even Lent!" What's true? Test 8 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 of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 8 · Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style

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Grace from Toronto says, "Pancake day on 2 February? Eh, it's not even Lent!" What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grace, it · **What happens:** say, not be, be · **To what, where:** Lent · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace from Toronto says, "Pancake day on 2 February?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t8:1
# text = Grace from Toronto says, "Pancake day on 2 February?
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Pancake	Pancake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grace from Toronto |  |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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:* Eh, it's not even Lent!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t8:2
# text = Eh, it's not even Lent!"
1	Eh	Eh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	Lent	Lent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
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 | **not** **is a** | present | it | Lent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t8:3
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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2 February is Mardi gras in France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t8:o1:1
# text = 2 February is Mardi gras in France
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	Mardi	Mardi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	gras	gras	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | 2 February | Mardi gras |  | France |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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La Chandeleur on 2 February is France's big crêpe day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t8:o2:1
# text = La Chandeleur on 2 February is France's big crêpe day
1	La	La	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
2	Chandeleur	Chandeleur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	crêpe	crêpe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | La on 2 February | France's big crêpe day |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The French have no pancake day at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t8:o3:1
# text = The French have no pancake day at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	pancake	pancake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the French |  |  | all | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The French eat pancakes only at Christmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:32-christmas-epiphany-and-pancake-day-french-style:t8:o4:1
# text = The French eat pancakes only at Christmas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | the French | pancakes |  | Christmas |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pancake=Patient |

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