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# Test 1 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days

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Jayden from London writes, "Happy Bastille Day, bruv!" and his penpal answers "Ici on dit le 14 Juillet !" What is she telling him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jayden, penpal · **What happens:** write, answer, tell · **To what, where:** Happy Bastille Day, dit le Juillet, Ici · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 33 «14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days» 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/33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jayden from London writes, "Happy Bastille Day, bruv!" and his penpal answers "Ici on dit le 14 Juillet !"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t1:1
# text = Jayden from London writes, "Happy Bastille Day, bruv!" and his penpal answers "Ici on dit le 14 Juillet !"
1	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	Bastille	Bastille	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	penpal	penpal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Ici	Ici	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	dit	dit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
22	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
23	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	22	flat	_	_
24	Juillet	juillet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
25	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Jayden from London | Happy Bastille Day |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | Jayden's penpal | dit le Juillet | Ici |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent ici=Theme juillet=Eventuality |

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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 is she telling him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t1:2
# text = What is she telling him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 · progressive | penpal |  | Ici |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bastille Day is a different date

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t1:o1:1
# text = Bastille Day is a different date
1	Bastille	Bastille	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	date	date	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 | Bastille | a different date |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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In France they call it le 14 Juillet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t1:o2:1
# text = In France they call it le 14 Juillet
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
8	Juillet	juillet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | they | it |  | France |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's rude to mention the Bastille

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t1:o3:1
# text = It's rude to mention the Bastille
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	mention	mention	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Bastille	Bastille	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the Bastille |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bastille=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The French don't have a national day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t1:o4:1
# text = The French don't have a national day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | the French |  |  |  | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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