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title: A Paris tourist laughs at a Quebec boy saying "C'est l'fun". What's… — French compared with English · tree and pragmatics
description: A Paris tourist laughs at a Quebec boy saying "C'est l'fun". What's true? Test 2 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.
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# Test 2 · French compared with English

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A Paris tourist laughs at a Quebec boy saying "C'est l'fun". What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Paris tourist, Quebec boy · **What happens:** laugh, say, be · **To what, where:** C'est l'fun · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Paris tourist laughs at a Quebec boy saying "C'est l'fun".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t2:1
# text = A Paris tourist laughs at a Quebec boy saying "C'est l'fun".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tourist	tourist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	C'est	C'est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	compound	_	_
12	l'fun	l'fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | a Paris tourist |  |  |  |  | at a Quebec boy | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a Quebec boy *not said here* | C'est l'fun |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent l'fun=Topic |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t2:2
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Quebec people speak English, not French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t2:o1:1
# text = Quebec people speak English, not French
1	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Quebec people | English |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only Paris French is correct, and Quebec French is a mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t2:o2:1
# text = Only Paris French is correct, and Quebec French is a mistake
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Paris |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Quebec French | a mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's a typo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t2:o3:1
# text = It's a typo
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	typo	typo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Quebec French is a real variety with its own expressions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t2:o4:1
# text = Quebec French is a real variety with its own expressions
1	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	variety	variety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	expressions	expression	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Quebec French | a real variety |  |  |  | with variety's own expressions | tree rules |

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