--- title: Max's mate says "only English has silent letters, French says everyt… — French compared with English · tree and pragmatics description: Max's mate says "only English has silent letters, French says everything." What shows he's wrong? Test 10 of lesson 35 «French compared with English» of the language 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/language/35-french-compared-with-english/t10/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [French compared with English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/35-french-compared-with-english/) / t10 # Test 10 · French compared with English Max's mate says "only English has silent letters, French says everything." What shows he's wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, only English, French · **What happens:** say, have, show, be · **To what, where:** silent letters, everything · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 35 «French compared with English» of the language 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/language/35-french-compared-with-english/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Max's mate says "only English has silent letters, French says everything." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t10:1 # text = Max's mate says "only English has silent letters, French says everything." 1 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Max's mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | only English | silent letters | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | French | everything | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent everything=Topic | 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 shows he's wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t10:2 # text = What shows he's wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | French | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} "Ils parlent" sounds like "eel parl" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t10:o1:1 # text = "Ils parlent" sounds like "eel parl" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ils Ils X FW Foreign=Yes 3 compound _ _ 3 parlent parlent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 eel eel NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 parl parl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | Ils parlent | | | | | like eel parl | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} English has no silent letters ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t10:o2:1 # text = English has no silent letters 1 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 4 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | English | no silent letters | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} French says every letter twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t10:o3:1 # text = French says every letter twice 1 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | French | every letter | | | | twice *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent letter=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} French has no letters ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t10:o4:1 # text = French has no letters 1 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | French | no letters | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=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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