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title: Harvey says, "Ah'm gonnae say au revoir ten times, then." ("Gonnae"… — Hello and goodbye: greetings · tree and pragmatics
description: Harvey says, "Ah'm gonnae say au revoir ten times, then." ("Gonnae" means going to.) What could he say instead if he meets the class tomorrow? Test 7 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 
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# Test 7 · Hello and goodbye: greetings

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Harvey says, "Ah'm gonnae say au revoir ten times, then." ("Gonnae" means going to.) What could he say instead if he meets the class tomorrow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Harvey, Gonnae · **What happens:** say, mean, go, meet · **To what, where:** au revoir, class · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Harvey says, "Ah'm gonnae say au revoir ten times, then."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t7:1
# text = Harvey says, "Ah'm gonnae say au revoir ten times, then."
1	Harvey	Harvey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	gonnae	gonnae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	dep	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	revoir	revoir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Harvey |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present |  | au revoir |  |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent revoir=Topic |

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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:* ("Gonnae" means going to.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t7:2
# text = ("Gonnae" means going to.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Gonnae	Gonnae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Gonnae |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | gerund | Gonnae *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What could he say instead if he meets the class tomorrow?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t7:3
# text = What could he say instead if he meets the class tomorrow?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | could | Gonnae |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Gonnae | the class |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Co-Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Bonsoir !

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t7:o1:1
# text = Bonsoir !
1	Bonsoir	Bonsoir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	!	!	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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Bonjour !

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t7:o2:1
# text = Bonjour !
1	Bonjour	Bonjour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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À demain !

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t7:o3:1
# text = À demain !
1	À	à	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	demain	demain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Enchanté !

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t7:o4:1
# text = Enchanté !
1	Enchanté	Enchanté	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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