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title: Charlie from Kent hears "Tu es blessé ?" after falling off his bike… — False friends · tree and pragmatics
description: Charlie from Kent hears "Tu es blessé ?" after falling off his bike and says "Bless you!" What should he have answered? Test 8 · ★★ 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 wa
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# Test 8 · ★★ · False friends

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Charlie from Kent hears "Tu es blessé ?" after falling off his bike and says "Bless you!" What should he have answered?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Charlie, Tu · **What happens:** hear, be, fall off, say, bless, answer · **To what, where:** bike, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Charlie from Kent hears "Tu es blessé ?" after falling off his bike and says "Bless you!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t8:1
# text = Charlie from Kent hears "Tu es blessé ?" after falling off his bike and says "Bless you!"
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Kent	Kent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Tu	Tu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	es	e	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	blessé	blessé	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	ccomp	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present | Charlie from Kent |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Tu |  |  |  |  | blessé *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall off** | gerund | Charlie from Kent *not said here* | Tu's bike |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient bike=Extent |
| 4 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Charlie from Kent *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **bless** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

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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 should he have answered?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t8:2
# text = What should he have answered?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	answered	answer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | should · perfect | Charlie |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Non, je suis plein

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t8:o1:1
# text = Non, je suis plein
1	Non	Non	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	conj	_	_
4	suis	suis	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	plein	plein	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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À tes souhaits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t8:o2:1
# text = À tes souhaits
1	À	à	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tes	te	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	souhaits	souhait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Oui, j'ai mal au genou

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t8:o3:1
# text = Oui, j'ai mal au genou
1	Oui	Oui	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	j'ai	j'ai	X	FW	_	5	compound	_	_
4	mal	mal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	genou	genou	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Merci, je n'ai plus faim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:t8:o4:1
# text = Merci, je n'ai plus faim
1	Merci	Merci	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	n'ai	n'ai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	plus	plus	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
6	faim	faim	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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