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description: Your gran from Somerset says "gurt lush, that French bread, proper job." ("Gurt" means very, "lush" means lovely.) Which French word means bread? Test 4 of lesson 35 «French compared with English» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 4 · French compared with English

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Your gran from Somerset says "gurt lush, that French bread, proper job." ("Gurt" means very, "lush" means lovely.) Which French word means bread?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gran, Gurt, lush, French word · **What happens:** say, mean, word · **To what, where:** bread · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your gran from Somerset says "gurt lush, that French bread, proper job."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t4:1
# text = Your gran from Somerset says "gurt lush, that French bread, proper job."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Somerset	Somerset	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	gurt	gurt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lush	lush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
11	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your gran from Somerset |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* ("Gurt" means very, "lush" means lovely.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t4:2
# text = ("Gurt" means very, "lush" means lovely.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Gurt	Gurt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	lush	lush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Gurt |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | lush |  |  |  |  | lovely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Which French word means bread?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t4:3
# text = Which French word means bread?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **word** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | French word | bread |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Librairie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t4:o1:1
# text = Librairie
1	Librairie	Librairie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t4:o2:1
# text = Pain
1	Pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Raisin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t4:o3:1
# text = Raisin
1	Raisin	raisin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:35-french-compared-with-english:t4:o4:1
# text = Coin
1	Coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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