Exam question 1 · Dates and birthdays

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression of the first day of a month in French?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Dates and birthdays» 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 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 day	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 day	det
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 day	amod
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 expression	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 month	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 month	det
17	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 day	nmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 French	case
19	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 month	nmod
20	?	?	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 expression of the first day of a month in 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

It is expressed by premier, whereas subsequent days are expressed by cardinal numbers

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 expressed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 expressed	aux:pass
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 premier	case
5	premier	premier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 expressed	punct
7	whereas	whereas	ADV	PronType=Int	11 expressed	advmod
8	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 days	amod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 expressed	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 expressed	aux:pass
11	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 expressed	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 numbers	case
13	cardinal	cardinal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 numbers	compound
14	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive	premier	It					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	express	present · passive	cardinal numbers	subsequent days				whereas property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

It is omitted, the month alone being stated

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 omitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 omitted	aux:pass
3	omitted	omit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 month	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 month	det
6	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 omitted	obl:unmarked
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 month	advmod
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 stated	aux:pass
9	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 omitted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	omit	present · passive		It			month		vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	state speech: other	gerund · passive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»

Option 3

It is expressed by the ordinal for every day of the month

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 expressed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 expressed	aux:pass
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 ordinal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ordinal	det
6	ordinal	ordinal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 day	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 month	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 month	det
12	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive	the ordinal	It			day		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

It is expressed by un, in the manner of all other days

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 expressed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 expressed	aux:pass
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 un	case
5	un	un	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 manner	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 days	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 days	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 days	amod
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 manner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive	un	It		the manner of all other days			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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