Exam question 3 · Pets and animals

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the inscription Attention au chien.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Pets and animals» 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	14 chien	det
11	inscription	inscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Attention	compound
12	Attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 au	compound
13	au	au	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chien	compound
14	chien	chien	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
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 au chien		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chien=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 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a warning of the presence of a dog

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 warning	det
4	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 presence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 presence	det
7	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warning	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 dog	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a warning of the presence of a dog					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme warning=Pivot
2	warn			the presence of a dog					nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It constitutes a notice that a dog is for sale

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 notice	det
4	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 sale	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sale	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sale	cop
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 sale	case
10	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 notice	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a notice					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme notice=Pivot
2	is	present	a dog	a notice not said here				for sale	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It constitutes an invitation to train a dog

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 invitation	det
4	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 train	mark
6	train	train	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 constitutes	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 train	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a invitation					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme invitation=Pivot
2	train	to-infinitive		a dog					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme

Option 4

It constitutes a request that the dog be fed

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 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 request	det
4	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 fed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fed	nsubj:pass
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 fed	aux:pass
9	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 request	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a request					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme request=Pivot
2	feed	infinitive · passive	a request not said here	the dog					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

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