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title: ★ Ethan from Boston's aunt in Quebec shouts "Mets ta tuque !" He goe… — France and the French-speaking world · tree and pragmatics
description: ★ Ethan from Boston's aunt in Quebec shouts "Mets ta tuque !" He goes, "A tuck? Like, tuck my shirt in?" What should he do? Test 3 · ★ 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 eac
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# Test 3 · ★ · France and the French-speaking world

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★ Ethan from Boston's aunt in Quebec shouts "Mets ta tuque !" He goes, "A tuck? Like, tuck my shirt in?" What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ Ethan, Ethan, you · **What happens:** shout, go, tuck, do · **To what, where:** tuck, shirt

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★ Ethan from Boston's aunt in Quebec shouts "Mets ta tuque !"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t3:1
# text = ★ Ethan from Boston's aunt in Quebec shouts "Mets ta tuque !"
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Boston	Boston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Mets	Mets	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	ccomp	_	_
12	ta	ta	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	flat:foreign	_	_
13	tuque	tuque	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	flat:foreign	_	_
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | ★ Ethan from Boston's aunt in Quebec |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* He goes, "A tuck?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t3:2
# text = He goes, "A tuck?
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tuck	tuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Ethan | a tuck |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Like, tuck my shirt in?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t3:3
# text = Like, tuck my shirt in?"
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tuck	tuck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | imperative | you *not said here* | my shirt |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* What should he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t3:4
# text = What should he do?
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	do	do	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 | **do** | should | Ethan |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Take his shoes off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t3:o1:1
# text = Take his shoes off
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | imperative | you *not said here* | his shoes |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Put his woolly hat on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t3:o2:1
# text = Put his woolly hat on
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	woolly	woolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put on** | imperative | you *not said here* | his woolly hat |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hat=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tuck his shirt in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t3:o3:1
# text = Tuck his shirt in
1	Tuck	tuck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck in** | imperative | you *not said here* | his shirt |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eat his snack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t3:o4:1
# text = Eat his snack
1	Eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | his snack |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Patient |

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