Exam question 1 · My family

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the selection among mon, ma and mes?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: selection

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «My family» 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 selection	det
10	selection	selection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	among	among	ADP	_	12 mon	case
12	mon	mon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ma	punct
14	ma	ma	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mon	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 mes	cc
16	mes	me	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mon	conj
17	?	?	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 selection				of the following statements; among mon and ma and mes; 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

It is governed by the gender of the speaker

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 governed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 governed	aux:pass
3	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 gender	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gender	det
6	gender	gender	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 governed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 speaker	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 speaker	det
9	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gender	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	present · passive	the gender of the speaker	It					vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is governed by the gender and number of the noun which follows

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 governed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 governed	aux:pass
3	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 gender	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gender	det
6	gender	gender	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 governed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 number	cc
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gender	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 noun	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 noun	det
11	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gender	nmod
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 follows	nsubj
13	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 noun	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	present · passive	the gender of the noun and number	It					vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	follow	present	the noun						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is governed solely by the first letter of the speaker's name

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 governed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 governed	aux:pass
3	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 governed	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 letter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 letter	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 letter	amod
8	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 governed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 name	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 speaker	det
11	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 name	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 speaker	case
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 letter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	govern	present · passive	the first letter of the speaker's name	It	solely property	vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	letter			the speaker's name		nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	name		the speaker			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is governed by the age of the person named

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 governed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 governed	aux:pass
3	governed	govern	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 age	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 age	det
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 governed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 age	nmod
10	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 person	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	present · passive	the age of the person	It					vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	name	participle		the person not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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