Exam question 3 · Dates and birthdays
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the French order of a written date.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, write, order · To what, where: response, French order, written date
This is exam question 3 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 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 facts | acl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 order | det |
| 11 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 order | amod |
| 12 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 date | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 date | det |
| 15 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 date | amod |
| 16 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 order | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | consistent property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the established facts not said here | the French order of a written date | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus order=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | write | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | order | a written date | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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 month precedes the day, after the American manner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 month | det |
| 2 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 precedes | nsubj |
| 3 | precedes | precede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 precedes | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 manner | punct |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 manner | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 manner | det |
| 9 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 manner | amod |
| 10 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 precedes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | precede | present | the month | after the American manner; day | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The order is left to the preference of the writer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 order | det |
| 2 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 left | aux:pass |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 preference | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 preference | det |
| 7 | preference | preference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 writer | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 writer | det |
| 10 | writer | writer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 preference | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · passive | the order | the preference of the writer | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to preference=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | prefer | the writer | nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The day precedes the month, after the British manner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 day | det |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 precedes | nsubj |
| 3 | precedes | precede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 month | det |
| 5 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 precedes | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 manner | punct |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 manner | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 manner | det |
| 9 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 manner | amod |
| 10 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 precedes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | precede | present | the day | after the British manner; month | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The year precedes the day in all correspondence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 year | det |
| 2 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 precedes | nsubj |
| 3 | precedes | precede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 precedes | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 correspondence | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 correspondence | det |
| 8 | correspondence | correspondence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 precedes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | precede | present | the year | all correspondence | day | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
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