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title: Grace calls a young woman in a shop mademoiselle and asks, "Was that… — Tu or vous? Manners in French · tree and pragmatics
description: Grace calls a young woman in a shop mademoiselle and asks, "Was that rude, like?" What's the best advice? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 5 «Tu or vous? Manners in French» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 10 · ★ · Tu or vous? Manners in French

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Grace calls a young woman in a shop mademoiselle and asks, "Was that rude, like?" What's the best advice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grace, best advice · **What happens:** call, ask, be · **To what, where:** young woman, shop mademoiselle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 5 «Tu or vous? Manners in French» 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/5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace calls a young woman in a shop mademoiselle and asks, "Was that rude, like?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:t10:1
# text = Grace calls a young woman in a shop mademoiselle and asks, "Was that rude, like?"
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	calls	call	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	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	mademoiselle	mademoiselle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: ask* | present | Grace | a young woman |  | a shop mademoiselle |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Grace *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What's the best advice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:t10:2
# text = What's the best advice?
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	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best advice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Use madame for grown-up women; it's always safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:t10:o1:1
# text = Use madame for grown-up women; it's always safe
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	madame	madame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	12	advmod	_	_
12	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | madame |  |  |  | for grown women | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent madame=Theme for woman=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | madame |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never speak to shop staff at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:t10:o2:1
# text = Never speak to shop staff at all
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Call every woman ma chérie instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:t10:o3:1
# text = Call every woman ma chérie instead
1	Call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	chérie	chérie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | imperative | you *not said here* | every ma chérie |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chérie=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Always use mademoiselle for young women, it's the polite rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:t10:o4:1
# text = Always use mademoiselle for young women, it's the polite rule
1	Always	alway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mademoiselle	mademoiselle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Always | mademoiselle |  |  |  | for young women | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent mademoiselle=Theme for woman=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present | mademoiselle | the polite rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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