--- title: ★★★ Theo from Bristol says "la été" because "-té words are girls, pr… — Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Theo from Bristol says "la été" because "-té words are girls, proper job". Fix it. Test 5 · ★★★ 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 was wrong. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ ★★★ Theo from Bristol says "la été" because "-té words are girls, proper job". Fix it. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Theo, té words, you · **What happens:** say, be, fix · **To what, where:** girls, job · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Theo from Bristol says "la été" because "-té words are girls, proper job". ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t5:1 # text = ★★★ Theo from Bristol says "la été" because "-té words are girls, proper job". 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 Theo Theo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Bristol Bristol PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 10 compound _ _ 10 été été NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 té té NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Theo ★ ★ ★ from Bristol | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | té words | girls | | | | | 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:* Fix it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t5:2 # text = Fix it. 1 Fix fix VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | job | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} le été is right ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t5:o1:1 # text = le été is right 1 le le NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 été été NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | le été | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} les été is right ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t5:o2:1 # text = les été is right 1 les les X FW Foreign=Yes 2 compound _ _ 2 été été NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | les été | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} l'été, and été is masculine ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t5:o3:1 # text = l'été, and été is masculine 1 l'été l'été PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 été été NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 masculine masculine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | été | | | | | masculine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} la été is right ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t5:o4:1 # text = la été is right 1 la la X FW Foreign=Yes 2 compound _ _ 2 été été NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | la été | | | | | right *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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