Exam question 1 · Weather and seasons

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression of weather conditions in French?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: expression

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Weather and seasons» 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	_	13 conditions	case
12	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conditions	compound
13	conditions	condition	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 expression	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 French	case
15	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 conditions	nmod
16	?	?	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 weather conditions 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

They are invariably expressed in English

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 expressed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expressed	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 expressed	advmod
4	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 English	case
6	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive		They		English		invariably property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They are customarily expressed by the construction il fait followed by an adjective

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 expressed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expressed	aux:pass
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	4 expressed	advmod
4	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 il	amod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 construction	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 construction	det
7	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	obl
8	il	il	X	Foreign=Yes	9 fait	nsubj
9	fait	fait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 fait	xcomp
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 adjective	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adjective	det
13	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive	the construction	They	customarily property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	fait	present	expressed il			tree rules
3	follow	participle	expressed il not said here		by a adjective	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by adjective=Location

Option 3

They are customarily expressed by j'ai followed by a noun

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 expressed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expressed	aux:pass
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	4 expressed	advmod
4	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 j'ai	case
6	j'ai	j'ai	X	Foreign=Yes	4 expressed	obl
7	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 expressed	xcomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 noun	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 noun	det
10	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive		They				by j'ai; customarily property	tree rules
2	follow	participle						by a noun	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by noun=Location

Option 4

They are customarily expressed by the construction il est followed by an adjective

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 expressed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expressed	aux:pass
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	4 expressed	advmod
4	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 est	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 est	det
7	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 est	compound
8	il	il	X	_	9 est	compound
9	est	est	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	obl
10	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 est	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 adjective	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adjective	det
13	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive	the construction il est	They				customarily property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	follow	participle		the construction il est not said here				by a adjective	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by adjective=Location

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