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title: Grace from Belfast sees "La rentrée" in every shop in late August an… — 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grace from Belfast sees "La rentrée" in every shop in late August and asks, "Is that about going into something?" What does it mean? Test 9 · ★ 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 t
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# Test 9 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days

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Grace from Belfast sees "La rentrée" in every shop in late August and asks, "Is that about going into something?" What does it mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grace, shop · **What happens:** see, ask, go, mean · **To what, where:** La, shop, something · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace from Belfast sees "La rentrée" in every shop in late August and asks, "Is that about going into something?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t9:1
# text = Grace from Belfast sees "La rentrée" in every shop in late August and asks, "Is that about going into something?"
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Belfast	Belfast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	La	La	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	rentrée	rentrée	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	August	August	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
21	about	about	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
23	into	into	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Grace from Belfast | La |  | every shop in late August |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer la=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Grace from Belfast *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive |  |  |  | something |  | about *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into something=Initial\_Location |

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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 does it mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t9:2
# text = What does it mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | shop |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A sale on Christmas presents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t9:o1:1
# text = A sale on Christmas presents
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The start of the summer holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t9:o2:1
# text = The start of the summer holidays
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** |  |  | the summer holidays |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The door you use to go in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t9:o3:1
# text = The door you use to go in
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | you | the door |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go in** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Back to school after summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:t9:o4:1
# text = Back to school after summer
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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