Exam question 3 · My family

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the noun belle-mère.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, noun belle

This is exam question 3 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	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 belle	det
11	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 belle	compound
12	belle	belle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 mère	punct
14	mère	mère	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 belle	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 noun belle and mère		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus belle=Experiencer

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

It denotes a mother of remarkable beauty

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mother	det
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 beauty	case
6	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 beauty	amod
7	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mother	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a mother of remarkable beauty					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mother=Topic

Option 2

It denotes a grandmother upon the paternal side

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 grandmother	det
4	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 side	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	paternal	paternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a grandmother				upon the paternal side	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot grandmother=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes a stepmother or a mother-in-law

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stepmother	det
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 mother	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mother	det
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stepmother	conj
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 law	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 law	case
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 in	punct
11	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mother	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a stepmother or a mother in law					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stepmother=Topic

Option 4

It denotes an elder sister

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sister	det
4	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sister	amod
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a elder sister					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sister=Topic

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