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title: ★★★ Josh from Sydney reads "Mon frère travaille à la poste. Ma sœur… — Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Josh from Sydney reads "Mon frère travaille à la poste. Ma sœur a un nouveau poste." He goes, "Yeah nah, same word twice?" What is the true meaning? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★

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★★★ Josh from Sydney reads "Mon frère travaille à la poste. Ma sœur a un nouveau poste." He goes, "Yeah nah, same word twice?" What is the true meaning?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Josh, sœur, true meaning · **What happens:** read, go, be · **To what, where:** Mon

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Josh from Sydney reads "Mon frère travaille à la poste.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t3:1
# text = ★★★ Josh from Sydney reads "Mon frère travaille à la poste.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sydney	Sydney	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	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Mon	mon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	frère	frère	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	compound	_	_
11	travaille	travaille	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	appos	_	_
12	à	à	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	la	la	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	poste	poste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Josh  ★ ★ ★ from Sydney | Mon |  |  |  | à la poste | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mon=Topic |

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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:* Ma sœur a un nouveau poste."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t3:2
# text = Ma sœur a un nouveau poste."
1	Ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sœur	sœur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	un	un	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	nouveau	nouveau	X	FW	_	6	compound	_	_
6	poste	poste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* He goes, "Yeah nah, same word twice?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t3:3
# text = He goes, "Yeah nah, same word twice?"
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
6	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
10	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | sœur |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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*Sentence 4:* What is the true meaning?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t3:4
# text = What is the true meaning?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Brother has a job; sister has a post office

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t3:o1:1
# text = Brother has a job; sister has a post office
1	Brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Brother | a job |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | sister | a post office |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both work at the post office

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t3:o2:1
# text = Both work at the post office
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | at the post office | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at office=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both have new jobs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t3:o3:1
# text = Both have new jobs
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Both | new jobs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brother at the post office; sister has a new job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t3:o4:1
# text = Brother at the post office; sister has a new job
1	Brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Brother at the post office | a new job |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |

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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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