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title: Mason goes, "Wicked weird, is bonsoir like good night?" ("Wicked" me… — Hello and goodbye: greetings · tree and pragmatics
description: Mason goes, "Wicked weird, is bonsoir like good night?" ("Wicked" means very.) What's the answer? Test 3 of lesson 4 «Hello and goodbye: greetings» 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 right.
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# Test 3 · Hello and goodbye: greetings

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Mason goes, "Wicked weird, is bonsoir like good night?" ("Wicked" means very.) What's the answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mason, Wicked, answer · **What happens:** go, be, mean · **To what, where:** bonsoir

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This is test 3 of lesson 4 «Hello and goodbye: greetings» 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/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mason goes, "Wicked weird, is bonsoir like good night?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t3:1
# text = Mason goes, "Wicked weird, is bonsoir like good night?"
1	Mason	mason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	bonsoir	bonsoir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Mason |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | bonsoir |  |  | night |  | tree rules |

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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:* ("Wicked" means very.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t3:2
# text = ("Wicked" means very.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Wicked |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t3:3
# text = What's the answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, bonsoir is a hello in the evening; good night is bonne nuit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t3:o1:1
# text = No, bonsoir is a hello in the evening; good night is bonne nuit
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bonsoir	bonsoir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hello	hello	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	bonne	bonne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	nuit	nuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | bonsoir | a hello and bonne nuit |  |  | evening |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | good night | bonne nuit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only when you say it to a grown-up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only when you say it to a grown-up
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	grown	grown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | it | a grown up |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to up=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, bonsoir means good morning and is used before school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t3:o3:1
# text = No, bonsoir means good morning and is used before school
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bonsoir	bonsoir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | bonsoir |  |  |  | morning |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | present · passive | bonsoir *not said here* |  |  |  | before school |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they mean exactly the same thing, so either is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, they mean exactly the same thing, so either is fine
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | they | the same thing |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | either |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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