Exam question 1 · Days of the week and months

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the orthography of the days and months in French?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: orthography, French

This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» of the French course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 orthography	det
10	orthography	orthography	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 days	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 days	det
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 orthography	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 months	cc
15	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 days	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 French	case
17	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the orthography of the days and months		French		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are written with a lower-case initial letter except at the commencement of a sentence

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 written	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	10 letter	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 letter	det
6	lower	lower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 case	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 lower	punct
8	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 letter	compound
9	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 letter	amod
10	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl
11	except	except	ADP	_	14 commencement	case
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 commencement	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 commencement	det
14	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 letter	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 sentence	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 sentence	det
17	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 commencement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		They				with a case initial letter except the commencement of a sentence	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

They are invariably written with an upper-case initial letter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 written	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 written	advmod
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 case	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 case	det
7	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 case	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 upper	punct
9	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl
10	initial	initial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 letter	amod
11	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		They				with a upper case; initial letter obl; invariably property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

They are written with an upper-case letter solely on weekdays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 written	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	9 letter	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 letter	det
6	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 case	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 upper	punct
8	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 letter	compound
9	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl
10	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 written	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 weekdays	case
12	weekdays	weekday	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		They		weekdays		with a case letter; solely property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on weekday=Destination

Option 4

They are written entirely in capitals in formal correspondence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 written	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 written	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 capitals	case
6	capitals	capital	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 written	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 correspondence	case
8	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 correspondence	amod
9	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		They		capitals		in formal correspondence; entirely property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in capital=Destination

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