--- title: ★★★ Olivia from Ohio says doudou must be "la" because "it's soft and… — Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Olivia from Ohio says doudou must be "la" because "it's soft and cute, no cap". Which clues prove her wrong? Test 8 · ★★★ 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](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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ ★★★ Olivia from Ohio says doudou must be "la" because "it's soft and cute, no cap". Which clues prove her wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, doudou, ★, clues · **What happens:** say, be, prove · **To what, where:** la, Ohio · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Olivia from Ohio says doudou must be "la" because "it's soft and cute, no cap". ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t8:1 # text = ★★★ Olivia from Ohio says doudou must be "la" because "it's soft and cute, no cap". 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 Olivia Olivia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ohio Ohio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 doudou doudou X FW Foreign=Yes 12 nsubj _ _ 9 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 la la NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 cute cute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ ★ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | doudou | la | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ★ | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | | ★ *not said here* | | | | | | 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:* Which clues prove her wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t8:2 # text = Which clues prove her wrong? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 clues clue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prove prove VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | which clues | Ohio | | | | wrong *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} le lit, which is masculine ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t8:o1:1 # text = le lit, which is masculine 1 le le DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lit lit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 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 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | le lit | | | | | masculine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} mon and il, both masculine ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t8:o2:1 # text = mon and il, both masculine 1 mon mon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 il IL PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 masculine masculine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, she's right ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t8:o3:1 # text = Nothing, she's right 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} sous and lit, both masculine ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:t8:o4:1 # text = sous and lit, both masculine 1 sous sous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 lit lit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 masculine masculine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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