Exam question 1 · Clothes

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the noun pantalon?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: noun pantalon

This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Clothes» 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	11 pantalon	det
10	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pantalon	compound
11	pantalon	pantalon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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 noun pantalon				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

It denotes a jacket in formal usage

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 jacket	det
4	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 usage	case
6	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 usage	amod
7	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a jacket				in formal usage	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot jacket=Theme in usage=Attribute

Option 2

It is feminine in 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 feminine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 feminine	cop
3	feminine	feminine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 singular	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 singular	det
6	singular	singular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feminine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			the singular		feminine property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is singular in French, though its English equivalent is plural

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 singular	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 singular	cop
3	singular	singular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 French	case
5	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 singular	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 plural	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 plural	mark
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 equivalent	nmod:poss
9	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 equivalent	amod
10	equivalent	equivalent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plural	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 plural	cop
12	plural	plural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 singular	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			French		singular property	tree rules
2	is	present	its English equivalent					plural property	tree rules

Option 4

It is invariably plural in French

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	4 plural	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 plural	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 plural	advmod
4	plural	plural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 French	case
6	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 plural	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			French		invariably, plural property	tree rules

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