Exam question 1 · At the café: ordering in French

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the appropriate manner of summoning a waiter in France?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: appropriate manner · What happens: follow, characteris, summon · To what, where: appropriate manner, waiter, France

This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «At the café: ordering in French» 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 manner	det
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 manner	amod
11	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 summoning	mark
13	summoning	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 manner	acl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 waiter	det
15	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 summoning	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 France	case
17	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 summoning	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the appropriate manner			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	summon	gerund	the appropriate manner not said here		a waiter	France		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waiter=Recipient

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

Remaining silent until the waiter approaches of his own accord

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 approaches	csubj
2	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Remaining	xcomp
3	until	until	ADP	_	5 waiter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 waiter	det
5	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remaining	obl
6	approaches	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 accord	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 accord	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 accord	amod
10	accord	accord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 approaches	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund					until the waiter	silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	approach	present	Remaining					of his own accord	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of accord=Initial_Location

Option 2

A loud whistle followed by the word monsieur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 whistle	det
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 whistle	amod
3	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 whistle	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 monsieur	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monsieur	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 monsieur	compound
8	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		a loud whistle not said here				by the word monsieur	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by monsieur=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Eye contact accompanied by the words excusez-moi or s'il vous plaît

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contact	compound
2	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 contact	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 words	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 words	det
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 accompanied	obl
7	excusez	excusez	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moi	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 moi	punct
9	moi	MoI	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 plaît	cc
11	s'il	s'il	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 plaît	compound
12	vous	vous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 plaît	amod
13	plaît	plaît	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moi	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		Eye contact not said here				by the words excusez moi or s'il vous plaît	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by word=Destination

Option 4

The clicking of the fingers accompanied by the word garçon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clicking	det
2	clicking	clicking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fingers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fingers	det
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clicking	nmod
6	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fingers	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 garçon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 garçon	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 garçon	compound
10	garçon	garçon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accompanied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		the fingers not said here				by the word garçon	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by garçon=Destination

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