--- title: ★★★ Jake from Bradford counts on his fingers from mardi, calling mar… — Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Jake from Bradford counts on his fingers from mardi, calling mardi "one", and ends on jeudi. What's the fix? Test 4 · ★★★ 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; Mo --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ ★★★ Jake from Bradford counts on his fingers from mardi, calling mardi "one", and ends on jeudi. What's the fix? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, fix · **What happens:** count, call, end, be · **To what, where:** mardi, jeudi · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Jake from Bradford counts on his fingers from mardi, calling mardi "one", and ends on jeudi. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t4:1 # text = ★★★ Jake from Bradford counts on his fingers from mardi, calling mardi "one", and ends on jeudi. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Bradford Bradford PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 mardi mardi NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 mardi mardi NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 jeudi jeudi NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | ★ ★ ★ | | | | | on Jake's fingers from mardi | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on finger=Theme | | 2 | **call** | gerund | ★ ★ ★ *not said here* | mardi | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mardi=Recipient | | 3 | **end** | present | ★ ★ ★ *not said here* | | | jeudi | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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:* What's the fix? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t4:2 # text = What's the fix? 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 fix fix NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the fix | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Count 11 days, so it's samedi ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t4:o1:1 # text = Count 11 days, so it's samedi 1 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 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 samedi samedi NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | day | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | samedi | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's right, it's jeudi ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t4:o2:1 # text = He's right, it's jeudi 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 jeudi jeudi NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | jeudi | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Start from mercredi: vendredi ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t4:o3:1 # text = Start from mercredi: vendredi 1 Start start VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 mercredi mercredi NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 5 vendredi vendredi NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | mercredi and vendredi | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Count back, so it's samedi ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t4:o4:1 # text = Count back, so it's samedi 1 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 samedi samedi NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | samedi | | | | | tree rules | **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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