Exam question 4 · Dates and birthdays
It is given that a person states "J'ai eu dix ans hier". Determine the meaning of this statement.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person, you · What happens: give, state, determine, mean · To what, where: It, J'ai eu, meaning, statement
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a person states "J'ai eu dix ans hier".
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 | _ | 7 states | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 states | nsubj |
| 7 | states | state | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 eu | punct |
| 9 | J'ai | J'ai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 eu | compound |
| 10 | eu | eu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 states | obj |
| 11 | dix | dix | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 ans | nummod |
| 12 | ans | an | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 hier | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | hier | hi | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 eu | amod |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 eu | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | state speech: other | present | a person | J'ai eu | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent eu=Topic |
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: Determine the meaning of this statement.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meaning | det |
| 3 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 statement | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 statement | det |
| 6 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meaning | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the meaning of this statement | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mean | this statement | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The person shall attain the age of ten on the following day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 attain | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 attain | aux |
| 4 | attain | attain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 age | det |
| 6 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 attain | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 ten | case |
| 8 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 age | nmod |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 day | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 day | det |
| 11 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 day | amod |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 attain | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attain | shall | the person | the age of ten | day | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme | |||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The person has resided in France for ten years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 resided | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 resided | aux |
| 4 | resided | reside | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 France | case |
| 6 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 resided | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 8 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 resided | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reside | present · perfect · passive | the person | France | year | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location |
Option 3
The person consumed ten items on the preceding day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | consumed | consume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 person | acl |
| 4 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 items | nummod |
| 5 | items | item | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 consumed | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 8 | preceding | precede | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 consumed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consume | participle | the person not said here | ten items | day | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Asset | |||
| 2 | precede | gerund | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The person attained the age of ten on the preceding day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attained | nsubj |
| 3 | attained | attain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 age | det |
| 5 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attained | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 ten | case |
| 7 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 age | nmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 10 | preceding | precede | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 day | amod |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attain | past | the person | the age of ten | day | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme | |||
| 2 | precede | gerund | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
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