--- title: Ruby says, "Sure that's just mean," when her teacher crosses out the… — Colours · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby says, "Sure that's just mean," when her teacher crosses out the s on marrons. What's the reason? Test 6 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · Colours Ruby says, "Sure that's just mean," when her teacher crosses out the s on marrons. What's the reason? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, that, teacher, reason · **What happens:** say, be, cross out · **To what, where:** s, marrons · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby says, "Sure that's just mean," when her teacher crosses out the s on marrons. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t6:1 # text = Ruby says, "Sure that's just mean," when her teacher crosses out the s on marrons. 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Sure sure INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 crosses cross VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 marrons marron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ruby | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **cross out** | present | Ruby's teacher | the s | | marrons | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent s=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:* What's the reason? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t6:2 # text = What's the reason? 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 4 det _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the reason | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Shoes are always singular in French ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t6:o1:1 # text = Shoes are always singular in French 1 Shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 singular singular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Shoes | | | French | | always, singular *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} marron never changes, not even in the plural ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t6:o2:1 # text = marron never changes, not even in the plural 1 marron marron NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 plural plural NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **change** | present | marron | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The s was in the wrong place ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t6:o3:1 # text = The s was in the wrong place 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the s | | | the wrong place | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} marron should be brune for shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:9-colours:t6:o4:1 # text = marron should be brune for shoes 1 marron marron NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 brune brune X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` 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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