Exam question 1 · The body

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the plural of the noun œil?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «The body» 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 plural	det
10	plural	plural	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 œil	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 œil	det
13	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 œil	compound
14	œil	œil	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plural	nmod
15	?	?	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 plural of the noun œil				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

It possesses no plural form whatsoever

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 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 form	det
4	plural	plural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 possesses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	no plural form				whatsoever property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot form=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is yeux, a form wholly unlike the singular

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 yeux	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 yeux	cop
3	yeux	yeux	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 form	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 form	det
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yeux	appos
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	3 yeux	advmod
8	unlike	unlike	ADP	_	10 singular	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 singular	det
10	singular	singular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 yeux	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	yeux				unlike the singular; wholly property	tree rules

Option 3

It is œilles, formed by the addition of -es

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 œilles	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 œilles	cop
3	œilles	œille	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 formed	punct
5	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 œilles	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 addition	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 addition	det
8	addition	addition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 formed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 es	case
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 of	punct
11	es	e	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 addition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	œilles					tree rules
2	form	participle		œilles not said here				by the addition of es	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by addition=Location

Option 4

It is œils, formed by the regular addition of s

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 œils	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 œils	cop
3	œils	œil	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 formed	punct
5	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 œils	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 addition	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 addition	det
8	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 addition	amod
9	addition	addition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 formed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 s	case
11	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 addition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	œils					tree rules
2	form	participle		œils not said here				by the regular addition of s	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by addition=Location

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