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title: Ella from Dundee says, "A firefighters' disco? Pure brilliant - but… — 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella from Dundee says, "A firefighters' disco? Pure brilliant - but it's only for firemen, aye?" What's true? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 33 «14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 3 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days

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Ella from Dundee says, "A firefighters' disco? Pure brilliant - but it's only for firemen, aye?" What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella, disco · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella from Dundee says, "A firefighters' disco?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t3:1
# text = Ella from Dundee says, "A firefighters' disco?
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Dundee	Dundee	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	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	disco	disco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 | Ella from Dundee |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Pure brilliant - but it's only for firemen, aye?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t3:2
# text = Pure brilliant - but it's only for firemen, aye?"
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	firemen	fireman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	aye	aye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | disco |  |  |  |  | for firemen and aye | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t3:3
# 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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Only people who live in Paris

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t3:o1:1
# text = Only people who live in Paris
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | people |  |  | Paris |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in paris=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only firefighters and their families

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t3:o2:1
# text = Only firefighters and their families
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Anyone can go: it's open to everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t3:o3:1
# text = Anyone can go: it's open to everyone
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | can | Anyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | to everyone; open *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only children under ten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t3:o4:1
# text = Only children under ten
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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