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title: Olivia is a bit salty: "Is he calling me a cuckoo?" ("Salty" means a… — Hello and goodbye: greetings · tree and pragmatics
description: Olivia is a bit salty: "Is he calling me a cuckoo?" ("Salty" means annoyed.) What's the truth? Test 6 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 6 · Hello and goodbye: greetings

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Olivia is a bit salty: "Is he calling me a cuckoo?" ("Salty" means annoyed.) What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Olivia, Salty, truth · **What happens:** be, call, mean · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Olivia is a bit salty: "Is he calling me a cuckoo?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t6:1
# text = Olivia is a bit salty: "Is he calling me a cuckoo?"
1	Olivia	Olivia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cuckoo	cuckoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Olivia |  |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked*; salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Olivia | me |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme cuckoo=Result |

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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:* ("Salty" means annoyed.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t6:2
# text = ("Salty" means annoyed.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Salty	salty	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	annoyed	annoyed	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 | Salty |  |  |  |  | annoyed *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t6:3
# text = What's the truth?
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	truth	truth	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 truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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No, coucou is a warm, playful hi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t6:o1:1
# text = No, coucou is a warm, playful hi
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	coucou	coucou	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	playful	playful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hi	hi	NOUN	NN	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | coucou | a warm playful hi |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, coucou means goodbye forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t6:o2:1
# text = No, coucou means goodbye forever
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	coucou	coucou	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only when said to a girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only when said to a girl
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  | a girl |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to girl=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, coucou always means "you silly bird"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, coucou always means "you silly bird"
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	coucou	coucou	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | coucou |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bird** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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