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title: Mia from Ohio is invited for "le dîner" by a family in Quebec and tu… — France and the French-speaking world · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia from Ohio is invited for "le dîner" by a family in Quebec and turns up at 7 in the evening. What went wrong? Test 4 · ★ 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; M
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# Test 4 · ★ · France and the French-speaking world

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Mia from Ohio is invited for "le dîner" by a family in Quebec and turns up at 7 in the evening. What went wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** invite, turn up, go · **To what, where:** Mia, 7

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia from Ohio is invited for "le dîner" by a family in Quebec and turns up at 7 in the evening.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t4:1
# text = Mia from Ohio is invited for "le dîner" by a family in Quebec and turns up at 7 in the evening.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dîner	dîner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | present · passive | a family in Quebec | Mia from Ohio |  |  |  | for le dîner | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **turn up** | present | a family in Quebec *not said here* |  |  | 7 | evening |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 7=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 went wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t4:2
# text = What went wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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In Quebec they never eat dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t4:o1:1
# text = In Quebec they never eat dinner
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | present | they | dinner |  | Quebec |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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In Quebec le dîner is breakfast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t4:o2:1
# text = In Quebec le dîner is breakfast
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dîner	dîner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	breakfast	breakfast	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 a** | present |  | dîner breakfast |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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In Quebec le dîner is lunch, at noon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t4:o3:1
# text = In Quebec le dîner is lunch, at noon
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dîner	dîner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Quebec le dîner | lunch and noon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, le dîner is always at 7

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t4:o4:1
# text = Nothing, le dîner is always at 7
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dîner	dîner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  | 7 |  | always *property* | tree rules |

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