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title: Noah from Liverpool says "PARR-iss" and his teacher says, "Right cit… — France and the French-speaking world · tree and pragmatics
description: Noah from Liverpool says "PARR-iss" and his teacher says, "Right city, wrong sound." What should he say? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «France and the French-speaking world» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 10 · ★ · France and the French-speaking world

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Noah from Liverpool says "PARR-iss" and his teacher says, "Right city, wrong sound." What should he say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Noah, teacher · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** PARR, Right city · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «France and the French-speaking world» 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/34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Noah from Liverpool says "PARR-iss" and his teacher says, "Right city, wrong sound."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t10:1
# text = Noah from Liverpool says "PARR-iss" and his teacher says, "Right city, wrong sound."
1	Noah	Noah	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	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	PARR	parr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	iss	ISS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Noah from Liverpool | PARR |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent parr=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Noah's teacher | Right city and wrong sound |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent city=Topic |

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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 should he say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t10:2
# text = What should he say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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"pa-RISS", with a soft s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t10:o1:1
# text = "pa-RISS", with a soft s
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pa	pa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	RISS	RISS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"PAH-reez", with a z

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t10:o2:1
# text = "PAH-reez", with a z
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	PAH	pah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	reez	reez	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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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"pa-REE", with a silent s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t10:o3:1
# text = "pa-REE", with a silent s
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	pa	pa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	REE	ree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"par-EESS", with an s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t10:o4:1
# text = "par-EESS", with an s
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	par	par	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	EESS	eess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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