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title: Josh from Lyon goes, "Is everyone busking? Mate, this is sick. Do I… — 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Josh from Lyon goes, "Is everyone busking? Mate, this is sick. Do I need a ticket?" (sick = great) What's the answer? Test 8 · ★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days

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Josh from Lyon goes, "Is everyone busking? Mate, this is sick. Do I need a ticket?" (sick = great) What's the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Josh, everyone, this, I · **What happens:** go, busk, be, need · **To what, where:** ticket, answer

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Josh from Lyon goes, "Is everyone busking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t8:1
# text = Josh from Lyon goes, "Is everyone busking?
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Lyon	Lyon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	busking	busk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Josh from Lyon |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **busk** *in a quote* | present · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Mate, this is sick.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t8:2
# text = Mate, this is sick.
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | Mate *vocative*; sick *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Do I need a ticket?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t8:3
# text = Do I need a ticket?"
1	Do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present · do-support | I | a ticket |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ticket=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* (sick = great) What's the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t8:4
# text = (sick = great) What's the answer?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	csubj	_	_
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	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only for children
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, because it's only on the radio

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t8:o2:1
# text = No, because it's only on the radio
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	radio	radio	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 | it |  |  | the radio |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, la Fête de la musique is free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t8:o3:1
# text = No, la Fête de la musique is free
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
4	Fête	Fête	X	FW	_	7	compound	_	_
5	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
6	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
7	musique	musique	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Fête musique |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, every street needs a ticket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, every street needs a ticket
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | every street | a ticket |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ticket=Theme |

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