--- title: Determine the number of distinct words, homophonous with "vair", con… — Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the number of distinct words, homophonous with "vair", contained in the sentence "Un ver vert va vers un verre vert". Exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ Determine the number of distinct words, homophonous with "vair", contained in the sentence "Un ver vert va vers un verre vert". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, contain · **To what, where:** number, distinct words, sentence This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:e1:1 # text = Determine the number of distinct words, homophonous with "vair", contained in the sentence "Un ver vert va vers un verre vert". 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 distinct distinct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 homophonous homophonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 appos _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 vair vair NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 contained contain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Un Un X FW Foreign=Yes 17 appos _ _ 20 ver ver X FW Foreign=Yes 19 flat:foreign _ _ 21 vert vert X FW Foreign=Yes 19 flat:foreign _ _ 22 va va X FW Foreign=Yes 19 flat:foreign _ _ 23 vers vers X FW Foreign=Yes 19 flat:foreign _ _ 24 un un X FW Foreign=Yes 19 flat:foreign _ _ 25 verre verre X FW Foreign=Yes 19 flat:foreign _ _ 26 vert vert X FW Foreign=Yes 19 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of distinct words | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **contain** | participle | | distinct words *not said here* | | the sentence | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sentence=Location | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:e1:o1:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:e1:o2:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} One ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:e1:o3:1 # text = One 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Five ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:e1:o4:1 # text = Five 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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