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title: Rory asks, "Is wesh even French, or is it skibidi talk?" What's the… — Hello and goodbye: greetings · tree and pragmatics
description: Rory asks, "Is wesh even French, or is it skibidi talk?" What's the best reply? Test 9 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 9 · Hello and goodbye: greetings

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Rory asks, "Is wesh even French, or is it skibidi talk?" What's the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rory, it, best reply · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** wesh French, skibidi talk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Rory asks, "Is wesh even French, or is it skibidi talk?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t9:1
# text = Rory asks, "Is wesh even French, or is it skibidi talk?"
1	Rory	Rory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wesh	wesh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	skibidi	skibidi	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	compound	_	_
14	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Rory |  | wesh French |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent french=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | wesh *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | skibidi talk |  |  |  |  | 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:* What's the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t9:2
# text = What's the best reply?
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	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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It's real French, but slang for friends of your age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t9:o1:1
# text = It's real French, but slang for friends of your age
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | real French |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's only used by grandparents in the countryside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t9:o2:1
# text = It's only used by grandparents in the countryside
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive | grandparents | It |  | the countryside |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's not French, it's English with an accent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t9:o3:1
# text = It's not French, it's English with an accent
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | french *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | English |  |  |  | with a accent | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's the most polite word in all of French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:t9:o4:1
# text = It's the most polite word in all of French
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the polite word |  | French |  |  | tree rules |

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