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title: Sophie sees white flowers sold on every corner in Paris on 1 May and… — 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie sees white flowers sold on every corner in Paris on 1 May and asks, "Is it someone's wedding?" What's going on? Test 7 · ★ 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 an
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# Test 7 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days

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Sophie sees white flowers sold on every corner in Paris on 1 May and asks, "Is it someone's wedding?" What's going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sophie, corner · **What happens:** see, sell, ask, be, go on · **To what, where:** white flowers, corner, wedding · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie sees white flowers sold on every corner in Paris on 1 May and asks, "Is it someone's wedding?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t7:1
# text = Sophie sees white flowers sold on every corner in Paris on 1 May and asks, "Is it someone's wedding?"
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
13	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Sophie | white flowers |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flower=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sell** | participle |  | white flowers *not said here* |  | every corner in Paris |  | on 1  May | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent on corner=Asset |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Sophie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | corner | someone's wedding |  |  |  |  | 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's going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t7:2
# text = What's going on?
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	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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People give muguet for good luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t7:o1:1
# text = People give muguet for good luck
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	muguet	muguet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | People | muguet |  |  |  | for good luck | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent muguet=Theme for luck=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The flowers are for the war memorial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t7:o2:1
# text = The flowers are for the war memorial
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	memorial	memorial	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** | present | the flowers |  |  |  |  | for the war memorial | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It's la rentrée, flowers for teachers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t7:o3:1
# text = It's la rentrée, flowers for teachers
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	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
4	rentrée	rentrée	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's the wedding day of the president

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t7:o4:1
# text = It's the wedding day of the president
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	president	president	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 | the wedding day |  |  |  | of the president | tree rules |

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