--- title: Grace from Glasgow writes back, "Aye, sensible folk are great," abou… — False friends · tree and pragmatics description: Grace from Glasgow writes back, "Aye, sensible folk are great," about a sister who is très sensible. What did the penpal mean? Test 3 · ★★ 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 ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/35-false-friends/t3/) [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/) / [False friends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/35-false-friends/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · False friends Grace from Glasgow writes back, "Aye, sensible folk are great," about a sister who is très sensible. What did the penpal mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grace, sensible folk, sister, penpal · **What happens:** write back, be, mean This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grace from Glasgow writes back, "Aye, sensible folk are great," about a sister who is très sensible. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t3:1 # text = Grace from Glasgow writes back, "Aye, sensible folk are great," about a sister who is très sensible. 1 Grace Grace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Glasgow Glasgow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 très très X FW Foreign=Yes 22 dep _ _ 22 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write back** | present | Grace from Glasgow | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sensible folk | | | | | about a sister; great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | a sister | | | | | sensible *property* | tree rules | 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:* What did the penpal mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t3:2 # text = What did the penpal mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 penpal penpal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past · do-support | the penpal | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Her sister is wise and careful ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t3:o1:1 # text = Her sister is wise and careful 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Her sister | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Her sister *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Her sister gets upset easily ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t3:o2:1 # text = Her sister gets upset easily 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 easily easily ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Her sister | | | | | easily, upset *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Her sister is very bossy ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t3:o3:1 # text = Her sister is very bossy 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bossy bossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Her sister | | | | | bossy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Her sister is good at sport ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t3:o4:1 # text = Her sister is good at sport 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Her sister | | | sport | | good *property* | tree rules | **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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