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title: What would happen if a tourist went into a "Location de vélos" to as… — False friends · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a tourist went into a "Location de vélos" to ask where the bikes were made? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 35 «False friends» 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 right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · False friends

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What would happen if a tourist went into a "Location de vélos" to ask where the bikes were made?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tourist · **What happens:** happen, go, ask, make · **To what, where:** Location vélos, bikes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 35 «False friends» 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/35-false-friends/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t11:1
# text = What would happen if a tourist went into a "Location de vélos" to ask where the bikes were made?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tourist	tourist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	flat:foreign	_	_
13	vélos	vélo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
17	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a tourist |  |  | a Location vélos |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into vélo=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | a tourist *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **make** | past · passive |  | the bikes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They'd find out it's a place to hire bikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t11:o1:1
# text = They'd find out it's a place to hire bikes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	hire	hire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | would | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hire** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | bikes |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They'd be shown a map of bike shops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t11:o2:1
# text = They'd be shown a map of bike shops
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | would · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient map=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They'd get a tour of a bike factory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t11:o3:1
# text = They'd get a tour of a bike factory
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | They | a tour of a bike factory |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tour=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tour** |  |  | a bike factory |  |  |  |  | nom tour «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They'd be sent to a museum of bikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t11:o4:1
# text = They'd be sent to a museum of bikes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | would · passive |  | They |  | a museum of bikes |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to museum=Destination |

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