Avoir: to have
Tests: 6 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 3 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 29 of the french course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · right ✓
Charlotte's mate says, "J'ai, tu as, il a - it's like a sneeze then a hiccup!" Which one comes next for elle?
- 1. elle a — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. elle as — no support
- 3. elle est — no support
- 4. elle ai — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · right ✓
Your cousin in London goes, "Je ai a chien, bare short innit." Fix the whole thing.
- 1. J'ai un chien — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Je ai un chien — no support
- 3. Je a un chien — no support
- 4. J'ai a chien — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · right ✓
What would happen if you said "Ils sont deux chats" to a French friend?
- 1. They'd hear "they are two cats", not "they have" — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. They'd hear "they have two cats" perfectly — score 8
- 3. They'd think the cats were asleep — score 2
- 4. They'd think you were counting to two — score 2
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 29, line 4: «Il y a means "there is" or "there are", for one thing or for many: il y a un chat, il y a trois chats.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «il» (+4); the same thing acted on «un chat» (+4). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · wrong ✗
A cartoon dog says "Je suis soif" and pants. What should the bubble say?
- 1. Moi, je soif — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. J'ai soifs — no support
- 3. J'ai soif — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Je suis faim — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
Lily from Ottawa says, "Il y a means there is, eh." Her brother says it only works for one thing. Who's right?
- 1. Her brother: use ils y a for many — no support
- 2. Her brother: use il y ont for many — no support
- 3. Neither: il y a means he has — ← Mova's choice · score 4
- 4. Lily: il y a works for one or many — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 9: «il y a means "there is" or "there are": il y a des nuages (it's cloudy), il y a du vent (it's windy), il y a du soleil (it's sunny).», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+2); the same doer «il» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · right ✓
Harvey from Glasgow goes, "Och, the endings are doin' ma heid in!" (doing my head in = driving me mad) Which pair of endings helps him?
- 1. nous ends -ons, vous ends -ez — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. nous ends -ez, vous ends -ons — no support
- 3. nous ends -ent, vous ends -er — no support
- 4. nous ends -ont, vous ends -as — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · wrong ✗
Ethan from Boston writes "Mon frère à un chien." He says, "Wicked confusing, one tiny line." What's the fix?
- 1. est, because the dog is his — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. as with an s, because it is il — no support
- 3. à is right, because it means has — no support
- 4. a with no accent, because it means has — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · right ✓
★★★ A French poem says: "Il y a un chat. Il a les yeux verts. Il a peur du chien." Which is true?
- 1. There is a green-eyed cat that is scared of the dog — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. The cat is green and the dog is scared of it — no support
- 3. There are three cats and the dog has green eyes — no support
- 4. There is a dog with green eyes that is scared of a cat — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 15, line 1: «Pets are short words in French: un chien is a dog and un chat is a cat, and since both start with ch, it is easy to say "Mon chat est un chien" by mistake.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «un chat» (+2); the same thing acted on «cat» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · wrong ✗
★★★ Fill both gaps: "Nous ___ un chien et ils ___ deux chats."
- 1. sommes, ont — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. avons, ont — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. avez, sont — no support
- 4. avons, sont — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · right ✓
Ollie from Sydney tells his penpal "Je suis mal à la tête." She goes, "Hein ?" (eh?) What should he have said?
- 1. J'ai mal à la tête — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Je mal à la tête — no support
- 3. Je suis la tête mal — no support
- 4. J'ai tête mal — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · wrong ✗
Gran says "J'ai peur" just means "I have a pear", my love. What's true?
- 1. She's right, peur means pear — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It means "I'm hungry" — no support
- 3. It means "I have a pair" — no support
- 4. It means "I'm scared": peur is fear — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the form of avoir which corresponds to the pronoun "ils".
- 1. avez — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. ont — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. sont — no support
- 4. a — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Select the expression which correctly conveys, in French, the condition of being thirsty.
- 1. J'ai soif — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. J'ai faim — no support
- 3. Je suis soif — no support
- 4. Je soif — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "il y a"?
- 1. It signifies "there is" or "there are", irrespective of number — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It signifies "it is", applicable to the weather only — no support
- 3. It signifies "he has", applicable to persons only — no support
- 4. It signifies "there is", applicable to a single item only — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Determine the form employed to describe hair, in the statement "she has long hair".
- 1. Elle à les cheveux longs — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Elle a les cheveux long — no support
- 3. Elle est les cheveux longs — no support
- 4. Elle a les cheveux longs — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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