Exam question 3 · At the café: ordering in French

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning une carafe d'eau.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, carafe d'eau

This is exam question 3 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	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	une	une	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carafe	compound
11	carafe	carafe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 d'eau	compound
12	d'eau	d'eau	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	carafe d'eau		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus d'eau=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

It is lemonade served in a jug

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 lemonade	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lemonade	cop
3	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lemonade	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 jug	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 jug	det
7	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 served	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	lemonade					tree rules
2	serve	participle		lemonade not said here				in a jug	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent in jug=Attribute

Option 2

It is bottled still water imported from abroad

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 bottled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bottled	aux:pass
3	bottled	bottle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 water	advmod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bottled	obj
6	imported	import	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 water	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 abroad	case
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	6 imported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bottle	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	import	participle		water not said here					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from abroad=Initial_Location

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

It is tap water, customarily provided free of charge

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 water	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 water	cop
3	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	compound
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 provided	punct
6	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	7 provided	advmod
7	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 water	acl:relcl
8	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 provided	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 charge	case
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	tap water					tree rules
2	provide	past	tap water not said here					customarily, free property	vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition

Option 4

It is sparkling water, charged at a premium

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 sparkling	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sparkling	aux
3	sparkling	sparkle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sparkling	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 charged	punct
6	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sparkling	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 premium	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 premium	det
9	premium	premium	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 charged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sparkle	present · progressive	It	water					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	charge	participle				a premium			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at premium=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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