--- title: Amelia jokes the flag is "blue, white, red, but posh." ("Posh" means… — Colours · tree and pragmatics description: Amelia jokes the flag is "blue, white, red, but posh." ("Posh" means fancy.) How would she say it, and in what order? Test 1 of lesson 9 «Colours» 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/9-colours/t1/) [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/) / [Colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/9-colours/) / t1 # Test 1 · Colours Amelia jokes the flag is "blue, white, red, but posh." ("Posh" means fancy.) How would she say it, and in what order? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Amelia, flag, Posh · **What happens:** joke, be, mean, say · **To what, where:** fancy, order · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 9 «Colours» 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/9-colours/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Amelia jokes the flag is "blue, white, red, but posh." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t1:1 # text = Amelia jokes the flag is "blue, white, red, but posh." 1 Amelia Amelia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jokes joke VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 posh posh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | present | Amelia | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the flag | | | | | blue *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | | the flag *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | | the flag *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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:* ("Posh" means fancy.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t1:2 # text = ("Posh" means fancy.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Posh posh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Posh | fancy | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Topic | *Sentence 3:* How would she say it, and in what order? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t1:3 # text = How would she say it, and in what order? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 10 det _ _ 10 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | Posh | fancy | | what order | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme in order=Manner | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} bleu, rouge, blanc, from the top down ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t1:o1:1 # text = bleu, rouge, blanc, from the top down 1 bleu bleu NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 rouge rouge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 blanc blanc NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} blanc, bleu, rouge, from the bottom up ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t1:o2:1 # text = blanc, bleu, rouge, from the bottom up 1 blanc blanc NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 bleu bleu NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 rouge rouge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} rouge, blanc, bleu, from the flagpole outwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t1:o3:1 # text = rouge, blanc, bleu, from the flagpole outwards 1 rouge rouge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 blanc blanc NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 bleu bleu NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flagpole flagpole NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 10 outwards outwards ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} bleu, blanc, rouge, from the flagpole outwards ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t1:o4:1 # text = bleu, blanc, rouge, from the flagpole outwards 1 bleu bleu NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 blanc blanc NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 rouge rouge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flagpole flagpole NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 10 outwards outwards ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` 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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