Exam question 4 · Days of the week and months
It is given that the old Roman year commenced in March. Ascertain the position of the month bearing the prefix oct- in that calendar.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, month · What happens: give, commence, ascertain, bear · To what, where: It, old Roman year, position, prefix oct
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that the old Roman year commenced in March.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 year | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 year | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 year | amod |
| 7 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 year | amod |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | commenced | commence | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 year | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 March | case |
| 11 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 commenced | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | year | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | commence | participle | the old Roman year not said here | march | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the position of the month bearing the prefix oct- in that calendar.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 position | det |
| 3 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 month | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 month | det |
| 6 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 position | nmod |
| 7 | bearing | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 month | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 oct | det |
| 9 | prefix | prefix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 oct | compound |
| 10 | oct | oct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bearing | obj |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 calendar | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 calendar | case |
| 13 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 calendar | det |
| 14 | calendar | calendar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 oct | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the position of the month | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic | ||||
| 2 | bear | gerund | the month not said here | the prefix oct and that calendar | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oct=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Sixth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sixth | sixth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Tenth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenth | tenth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Twelfth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twelfth | twelfth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Eighth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eighth | eighth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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