--- title: ★★★ Ella from Dundee says, "It's all the same word, ken? Vair, vair,… — Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Ella from Dundee says, "It's all the same word, ken? Vair, vair, vair." What does the spelling show? Test 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 of each option; Mova's cho --- [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/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ ★★★ Ella from Dundee says, "It's all the same word, ken? Vair, vair, vair." What does the spelling show? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella, ★ · **What happens:** say, be, ken, do · **To what, where:** same word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★» 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/40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ella from Dundee says, "It's all the same word, ken? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t1:1 # text = ★★★ Ella from Dundee says, "It's all the same word, ken? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Dundee Dundee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 ken ken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Ella ★ ★ ★ from Dundee | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ★ | all same word | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ken** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Vair, vair, vair." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t1:2 # text = Vair, vair, vair." 1 Vair vair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 vair vair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 vair vair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What does the spelling show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t1:3 # text = What does the spelling show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Two words: vert and verre ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t1:o1:1 # text = Two words: vert and verre 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 vert vert NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 verre verre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Five words, one per vair ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t1:o2:1 # text = Five words, one per vair 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 appos _ _ 5 per per ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 vair vair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} One word said five times for fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t1:o3:1 # text = One word said five times for fun 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | One word | | | | time | for fun | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Four words: ver, vert, vers, verre ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t1:o4:1 # text = Four words: ver, vert, vers, verre 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 ver ver X FW Foreign=Yes 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 vert vert X FW Foreign=Yes 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 vers ver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 verre verre NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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