--- title: ★★★ Archie from Sheffield goes, "Ey up, they could all be green, so… — Olympiad: mixed brain-teasers ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Archie from Sheffield goes, "Ey up, they could all be green, so any word fits Les ___ sont vertes." Why only pommes? 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Why only pommes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, they, word · **What happens:** go, be, fit · **To what, where:** Ey, Les This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Archie from Sheffield goes, "Ey up, they could all be green, so any word fits Les \_\_\_ sont vertes." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t8:1 # text = ★★★ Archie from Sheffield goes, "Ey up, they could all be green, so any word fits Les ___ sont vertes." 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 Archie Archie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Sheffield Sheffield PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 goes go 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 Ey Ey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 Les Les PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ _ 27 sont sont NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 vertes verte NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | ★ ★ ★ | Ey | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | could | they | | | | | all, green *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fit** *in a quote* | present | any word | Les | | | | sont vertes *obl* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent les=Patient | 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:* Why only pommes? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t8:2 # text = Why only pommes? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 pommes pomme NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Pommes is the only plural ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t8:o1:1 # text = Pommes is the only plural 1 Pommes Pommes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 plural plural NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Pommes | the only plural | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only apples are green ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t8:o2:1 # text = Only apples are green 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | apples | | | | | green *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Vertes needs a feminine plural ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t8:o3:1 # text = Vertes needs a feminine plural 1 Vertes Vertes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 feminine feminine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 plural plural NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Vertes | a feminine plural | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plural=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pommes is the shortest word ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:40-olympiad-mixed-brain-teasers:t8:o4:1 # text = Pommes is the shortest word 1 Pommes Pommes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 shortest short ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Pommes | the shortest word | | | | | 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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