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title: ★★★ Isla from Inverness writes "une directeure" for a woman head tea… — Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Isla from Inverness writes "une directeure" for a woman head teacher. Which example should she copy? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★

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★★★ Isla from Inverness writes "une directeure" for a woman head teacher. Which example should she copy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Isla, example · **What happens:** write, copy · **To what, where:** une directeure

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Isla from Inverness writes "une directeure" for a woman head teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t6:1
# text = ★★★ Isla from Inverness writes "une directeure" for a woman head teacher.
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	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Inverness	Inverness	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	une	une	X	FW	_	10	compound	_	_
10	directeure	directeure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Isla  ★ ★ ★ from Inverness | une directeure |  |  |  | for a head teacher | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent directeure=Result for teacher=Beneficiary |

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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:* Which example should she copy?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t6:2
# text = Which example should she copy?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **copy** | should | which example |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Just add e: directeure is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t6:o1:1
# text = Just add e: directeure is right
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	compound	_	_
3	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
5	directeure	directeure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  | e |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent e=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | add directeure |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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boulanger to boulangère, so directère

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t6:o2:1
# text = boulanger to boulangère, so directère
1	boulanger	boulanger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	boulangère	boulangère	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	directère	directère	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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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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acteur to actrice, so directrice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t6:o3:1
# text = acteur to actrice, so directrice
1	acteur	acteur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	actrice	actrice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	directrice	directrice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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chanteur to chanteuse, so directeuse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t6:o4:1
# text = chanteur to chanteuse, so directeuse
1	chanteur	chanteur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	chanteuse	chanteuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	directeuse	directeuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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