--- title: Ava from Wellington says, "French people near us? Sweet as!" Where c… — France and the French-speaking world · tree and pragmatics description: Ava from Wellington says, "French people near us? Sweet as!" Where could her penpal live? Test 12 · ★ 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 choice was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [France and the French-speaking world](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · France and the French-speaking world Ava from Wellington says, "French people near us? Sweet as!" Where could her penpal live? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ava · **What happens:** say, penpal, live · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ava from Wellington says, "French people near us? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t12:1 # text = Ava from Wellington says, "French people near us? 1 Ava Ava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Wellington Wellington 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 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 ccomp _ _ 9 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ava from Wellington | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Sweet as!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t12:2 # text = Sweet as!" 1 Sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Where could her penpal live? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t12:3 # text = Where could her penpal live? 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 penpal penpal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **penpal** | could | Ava | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | infinitive | Ava *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Dakar, in Senegal ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t12:o1:1 # text = Dakar, in Senegal 1 Dakar Dakar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Senegal Senegal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nouméa, New Caledonia ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t12:o2:1 # text = Nouméa, New Caledonia 1 Nouméa Nouméa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 New New ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Caledonia Caledonia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nice, in the south of France ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t12:o3:1 # text = Nice, in the south of France 1 Nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Montreal, in Quebec ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t12:o4:1 # text = Montreal, in Quebec 1 Montreal montreal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Quebec Quebec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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