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title: ★★★ Aoife from Galway says, "Sure there's no z in Nous avons six ora… — Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Aoife from Galway says, "Sure there's no z in Nous avons six oranges at all." How many are there, and where? Test 7 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★

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★★★ Aoife from Galway says, "Sure there's no z in Nous avons six oranges at all." How many are there, and where?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, z, many · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** Nous avons · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Aoife from Galway says, "Sure there's no z in Nous avons six oranges at all."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t7:1
# text = ★★★ Aoife from Galway says, "Sure there's no z in Nous avons six oranges at all."
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Aoife	Aoife	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Galway	Galway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Sure	sure	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	Nous	Nous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	avons	avon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
18	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ ★ Aoife from Galway |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | no z |  |  | Nous avons  six oranges at all; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in avon=Location |

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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:* How many are there, and where?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t7:2
# text = How many are there, and where?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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One: only six\_oranges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t7:o1:1
# text = One: only six_oranges
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	_	_	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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None at all, she's right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t7:o2:1
# text = None at all, she's right
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | None |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Three: nous, avons and six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t7:o3:1
# text = Three: nous, avons and six
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	nous	nous	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	avons	avon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Two: avons and oranges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t7:o4:1
# text = Two: avons and oranges
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	avons	avon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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