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title: ★ A tourist hears «Il fait un froid de canard!» and goes looking for… — Told you a hundred times: how other la… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★ A tourist hears «Il fait un froid de canard!» and goes looking for cold ducks. What has he done? Test 4 of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate a…

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★ A tourist hears «Il fait un froid de canard!» and goes looking for cold ducks. What has he done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, tourist, Il · **What happens:** ★, hear, canard, go, look, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» 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/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★ A tourist hears «Il fait un froid de canard!» and goes looking for cold ducks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t4:1
# text = ★ A tourist hears «Il fait un froid de canard!» and goes looking for cold ducks.
1	★	★	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tourist	tourist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Il	Il	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	fait	fait	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	flat:foreign	_	_
8	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	compound	_	_
9	froid	froid	X	FW	_	11	compound	_	_
10	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	11	compound	_	_
11	canard	canard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **★** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | present | a tourist |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **canard** *in a quote* |  | Il |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | present | a tourist *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **look** | gerund | a tourist *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for cold ducks | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for duck=Theme |

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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 has he done?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t4:2
# text = What has he done?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · perfect | Il |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Translated the picture instead of the meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t4:o1:1
# text = Translated the picture instead of the meaning
1	Translated	translate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **translate** | participle |  | the picture |  |  |  | instead the meaning | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Confused a duck with a goose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t4:o2:1
# text = Confused a duck with a goose
1	Confused	confuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confuse** | past |  | a duck |  |  |  | with a goose | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent duck=Patient with goose=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Found the right place for duck spotting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t4:o3:1
# text = Found the right place for duck spotting
1	Found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	spotting	spotting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past |  | the right place |  |  |  | for duck spotting | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent place=Theme for spotting=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Understood the saying exactly right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t4:o4:1
# text = Understood the saying exactly right
1	Understood	understand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	saying	saying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | past |  | the saying |  |  |  | right *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer saying=Stimulus |

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