--- title: ★★★ Oscar from Birmingham guesses "loads, mate" for silent final let… — Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Oscar from Birmingham guesses "loads, mate" for silent final letters in "Les petits chats sont gris", then counts 5. Which words did he miss a second letter in? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ ★★★ Oscar from Birmingham guesses "loads, mate" for silent final letters in "Les petits chats sont gris", then counts 5. Which words did he miss a second letter in? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, words · **What happens:** guess, count, miss in · **To what, where:** loads, 5, second letter This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Oscar from Birmingham guesses "loads, mate" for silent final letters in "Les petits chats sont gris", then counts 5. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t6:1 # text = ★★★ Oscar from Birmingham guesses "loads, mate" for silent final letters in "Les petits chats sont gris", then counts 5. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Oscar Oscar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Birmingham Birmingham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 7 guesses guess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Les les DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 petits petits X FW Foreign=Yes 21 amod _ _ 21 chats chat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 22 sont sont X FW Foreign=Yes 23 compound _ _ 23 gris gris NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 27 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 28 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | present | ★ ★ Oscar from Birmingham | loads and mate | | | | for silent final letters in les petits chats and sont gris | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme | | 2 | **count** | present | ★ ★ Oscar from Birmingham *not said here* | 5 | | | then | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 5=Theme | 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:* Which words did he miss a second letter in? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t6:2 # text = Which words did he miss a second letter in? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss in** | past · do-support | which words | a second letter | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} sont and gris, each with two ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t6:o1:1 # text = sont and gris, each with two 1 sont sont NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 gris gris NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 1 appos _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Only gris, with s and i ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t6:o2:1 # text = Only gris, with s and i 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 gris gris NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} les and gris, each with two ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t6:o3:1 # text = les and gris, each with two 1 les le NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 gris gris NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 1 appos _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} petits and chats ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t6:o4:1 # text = petits and chats 1 petits petit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 chats chat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 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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