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title: Charlie from Liverpool says, "Boss prank, la - but why a fish?" (bos… — 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Charlie from Liverpool says, "Boss prank, la - but why a fish?" (boss = great) What's true about the fish? Test 4 · ★ 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 op
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# Test 4 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days

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Charlie from Liverpool says, "Boss prank, la - but why a fish?" (boss = great) What's true about the fish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Charlie, boss · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Charlie from Liverpool says, "Boss prank, la - but why a fish?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t4:1
# text = Charlie from Liverpool says, "Boss prank, la - but why a fish?"
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Liverpool	Liverpool	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	Boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	conj	_	_
11	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Charlie from Liverpool |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* (boss = great) What's true about the fish?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t4:2
# text = (boss = great) What's true about the fish?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
6	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It's a paper fish: the French April fool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t4:o1:1
# text = It's a paper fish: the French April fool
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a paper fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's a real fish from the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t4:o2:1
# text = It's a real fish from the market
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	market	market	NOUN	NN	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 | It | a real fish |  | the market |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's a fish-shaped cake for Easter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t4:o3:1
# text = It's a fish-shaped cake for Easter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a shaped cake |  |  |  | for Easter | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's a prize for the best joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t4:o4:1
# text = It's a prize for the best joke
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a prize |  |  |  | for the best joke | tree rules |

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