--- title: ★★★ Sophie from Glasgow reads "je vais à la librairie... J'achète un… — Olympiad: decoding a short French text… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Sophie from Glasgow reads "je vais à la librairie... J'achète un livre sur les chevaux" and says, "She's borrowing a horse book from the library, aye?" Which word proves she's wrong? 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Which word proves she's wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sophie, J'achète, word · **What happens:** read, say, borrow, prove, be · **To what, where:** vais, horse book, library · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Sophie from Glasgow reads "je vais à la librairie... ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t10:1 # text = ★★★ Sophie from Glasgow reads "je vais à la librairie... 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 Sophie Sophie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Glasgow Glasgow 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 `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 je je X FW Foreign=Yes 10 nsubj _ _ 10 vais vais X FW Foreign=Yes 7 obj _ _ 11 à à ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 la la DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 librairie librairie NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ... ... PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | Sophie ★ ★ ★ from Glasgow | vais | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vais=Topic | 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:* J'achète un livre sur les chevaux" and says, "She's borrowing a horse book from the library, aye?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t10:2 # text = J'achète un livre sur les chevaux" and says, "She's borrowing a horse book from the library, aye?" 1 J'achète J'achète X FW Foreign=Yes 9 nsubj _ _ 2 un un X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 livre livre X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 4 sur sur X FW Foreign=Yes 6 compound _ _ 5 les les X FW Foreign=Yes 6 compound _ _ 6 chevaux chevaux NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 borrowing borrow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 aye aye NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | J'achète | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **borrow** | present · progressive | Sophie | a horse book and aye | | the library | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent book=Theme from library=Source | *Sentence 3:* Which word proves she's wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t10:3 # text = Which word proves she's wrong? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | which word | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | word | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} sur, about ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t10:o1:1 # text = sur, about 1 sur sur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} j'achète, I'm buying ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t10:o2:1 # text = j'achète, I'm buying 1 j'achète j'achète NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 buying buy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} avec, with ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t10:o3:1 # text = avec, with 1 avec avec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} samedi, Saturday ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t10:o4:1 # text = samedi, Saturday 1 samedi samedi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 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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