--- title: Tilly asks, "Wait, it's a whole different word?" about blanche. What… — Colours · tree and pragmatics description: Tilly asks, "Wait, it's a whole different word?" about blanche. What's true? Test 5 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/9-colours/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · Colours Tilly asks, "Wait, it's a whole different word?" about blanche. What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tilly, it · **What happens:** ask, wait, be · **To what, where:** whole different word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tilly asks, "Wait, it's a whole different word?" about blanche. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t5:1 # text = Tilly asks, "Wait, it's a whole different word?" about blanche. 1 Tilly Tilly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 15 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 blanche blanche NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Tilly | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wait** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | Tilly *not said here* | | | | | about blanche | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about blanche=Location | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a whole different word | | | | | 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:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t5:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} blanche means pink ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t5:o1:1 # text = blanche means pink 1 blanche blanche NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pink pink ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | blanche | pink | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pink=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} blanche is only used for snow ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t5:o2:1 # text = blanche is only used for snow 1 blanche blanche NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present · passive | | blanche | | | | for snow | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for snow=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} She is wrong: it is blance ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t5:o3:1 # text = She is wrong: it is blance 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 blance blance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | blance | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} blanc changes more than just adding e: blanche ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t5:o4:1 # text = blanc changes more than just adding e: blanche 1 blanc blanc NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 obj _ _ 4 than than SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 adding add VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 e e NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 9 blanche blanche NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | blanc | more | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | blanc *not said here* | e | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent e=Patient | **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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