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title: Aoife says "Yeah grand" in English when asked "Ça va, et toi ?" ("Gr… — Hello and goodbye: greetings · tree and pragmatics
description: Aoife says "Yeah grand" in English when asked "Ça va, et toi ?" ("Grand" means fine.) What could she have said? Test 4 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 w
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# Test 4 · Hello and goodbye: greetings

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Aoife says "Yeah grand" in English when asked "Ça va, et toi ?" ("Grand" means fine.) What could she have said?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aoife, Grand · **What happens:** say, ask, mean · **To what, where:** grand, English · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aoife says "Yeah grand" in English when asked "Ça va, et toi ?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t4:1
# text = Aoife says "Yeah grand" in English when asked "Ça va, et toi ?"
1	Aoife	Aoife	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
5	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Ça	Ça	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	va	VA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	et	et	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	toi	toi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	appos	_	_
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Aoife | grand |  | English |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* ("Grand" means fine.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t4:2
# text = ("Grand" means fine.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Grand	Grand	PROPN	NNP	_	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	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	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 | Grand |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What could she have said?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t4:3
# text = What could she have said?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | could · perfect | grand |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Je m'appelle bien.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t4:o1:1
# text = Je m'appelle bien.
1	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	m'appelle	m'appelle	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	bien	bien	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bonne nuit, merci !

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t4:o2:1
# text = Bonne nuit, merci !
1	Bonne	bonne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	nuit	nuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	merci	merci	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Au revoir, et toi !

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t4:o3:1
# text = Au revoir, et toi !
1	Au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	revoir	revoir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	et	et	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	toi	toi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	conj	_	_
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Ça va bien, merci !

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t4:o4:1
# text = Ça va bien, merci !
1	Ça	Ça	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	va	VA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	bien	Bien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	merci	merci	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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