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title: ★ Ollie from Hull sees French street signs in Jersey and asks, "Are… — France and the French-speaking world · tree and pragmatics
description: ★ Ollie from Hull sees French street signs in Jersey and asks, "Are we in France now, like?" What's the answer? Test 8 · ★ 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; Mo
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# Test 8 · ★ · France and the French-speaking world

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★ Ollie from Hull sees French street signs in Jersey and asks, "Are we in France now, like?" What's the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, we, answer · **What happens:** see, ask, be · **To what, where:** French street signs, Jersey, France · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★ Ollie from Hull sees French street signs in Jersey and asks, "Are we in France now, like?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t8:1
# text = ★ Ollie from Hull sees French street signs in Jersey and asks, "Are we in France now, like?"
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Hull	Hull	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Jersey	Jersey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | ★ from Hull | French street signs |  | Jersey |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | ★ from Hull *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  | France |  |  | tree rules |

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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's the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t8:2
# text = What's the answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, Jersey isn't France; it has French names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t8:o1:1
# text = No, Jersey isn't France; it has French names
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Jersey	Jersey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Jersey | France |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | it | French names |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, Jersey is part of Spain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t8:o2:1
# text = No, Jersey is part of Spain
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Jersey	Jersey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Jersey | part |  |  |  | of Spain | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, the signs show it's French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t8:o3:1
# text = Yes, the signs show it's French
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the signs |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | french *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, Jersey is part of France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, Jersey is part of France
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Jersey	Jersey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Jersey | part |  |  |  | of France | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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