--- title: ★★★ Ruby from Belfast says, "Sure they all end in -age, it's le plag… — Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Ruby from Belfast says, "Sure they all end in -age, it's le plage." Her teacher smiles. Why? Test 2 · ★★★ 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 of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/t2/) [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/) / [Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ ★★★ Ruby from Belfast says, "Sure they all end in -age, it's le plage." Her teacher smiles. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, age, teacher · **What happens:** say, end, be, smile · **To what, where:** age, le plage · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ruby from Belfast says, "Sure they all end in -age, it's le plage." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t2:1 # text = ★★★ Ruby from Belfast says, "Sure they all end in -age, it's le plage." 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Belfast Belfast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Sure sure INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 advmod _ _ 13 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 le le NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 plage plage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ and Ruby from Belfast | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **end** *in a quote* | present | ★ | | | | in age | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | age | le plage | | | | | 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:* Her teacher smiles. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t2:2 # text = Her teacher smiles. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smiles smile VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smile** | present | Ruby's teacher | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t2:3 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Plage is a famous feminine exception ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t2:o1:1 # text = Plage is a famous feminine exception 1 Plage plage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 feminine feminine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 exception exception NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Plage | a famous feminine exception | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Plage is plural, so it's les plage ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t2:o2:1 # text = Plage is plural, so it's les plage 1 Plage plage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 plural plural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 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 les les ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 plage plage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Plage | | | | | les plage *obl*; plural *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | Plage | | | | | les *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Plage starts with a vowel, so it's l'plage ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t2:o3:1 # text = Plage starts with a vowel, so it's l'plage 1 Plage plage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 vowel vowel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 l'plage l'plage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present | Plage | | | | | with a vowel | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with vowel=Subeventuality | | 2 | **is a** | present | Plage | l'plage | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ruby is right, it's le plage ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t2:o4:1 # text = Ruby is right, it's le plage 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is 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 , _ 8 punct _ _ 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 le le NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 plage plage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ruby | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | le plage | | | | | 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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