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title: ★★★ Ava from Ohio reads "Mon amie Sacha est sportive" and says, "Sac… — Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Ava from Ohio reads "Mon amie Sacha est sportive" and says, "Sacha's a boy's name, so the sentence is wrong." What's true? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★

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★★★ Ava from Ohio reads "Mon amie Sacha est sportive" and says, "Sacha's a boy's name, so the sentence is wrong." What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ava, Sacha, sentence · **What happens:** read, say, be · **To what, where:** name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★» 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/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ava from Ohio reads "Mon amie Sacha est sportive" and says, "Sacha's a boy's name, so the sentence is wrong."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t11:1
# text = ★★★ Ava from Ohio reads "Mon amie Sacha est sportive" and says, "Sacha's a boy's name, so the sentence is wrong."
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Mon	mon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	amie	amie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	Sacha	Sacha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	est	est	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	sportive	sportive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Sacha	Sacha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	so	so	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
29	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
30	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Ava  ★ ★ from Ohio |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ava  ★ ★ from Ohio *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sacha | a boy's name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the sentence |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | 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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t11:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The sentence is about two different people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t11:o1:1
# text = The sentence is about two different people
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Here Sacha is a girl: amie and sportive show it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t11:o2:1
# text = Here Sacha is a girl: amie and sportive show it
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	Sacha	Sacha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	amie	amie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sportive	sportive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sacha | a girl |  | here |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | a girl | amie |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She's right, it should be mon ami Sacha est sportif

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t11:o3:1
# text = She's right, it should be mon ami Sacha est sportif
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	mon	mon	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ami	ami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
10	Sacha	Sacha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
11	est	EST	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	sportif	sportif	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | should | it | mon's ami and sportif |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Sacha can never be a girl's name in French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t11:o4:1
# text = Sacha can never be a girl's name in French
1	Sacha	Sacha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | can | Sacha | a girl's name |  | French |  |  | 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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