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Exam question 4 · At the café: ordering in French

It is given that an ice-cream vendor enquires "Quel parfum ?" Determine the nature of the information requested.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cream vendor, you · What happens: give, enquire, determine, request · To what, where: It, Quel parfum, nature, information

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that an ice-cream vendor enquires "Quel parfum ?"

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 enquires	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 vendor	det
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cream	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 ice	punct
8	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vendor	compound
9	vendor	vendor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 enquires	nsubj
10	enquires	enquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 parfum	punct
12	Quel	Quel	X	Foreign=Yes	13 parfum	compound
13	parfum	parfum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 enquires	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 parfum	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 parfum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	enquire speech: other	present	a cream vendor	Quel parfum					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parfum=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.

Sentence 2: Determine the nature of the information requested.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 information	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 information	det
6	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
7	requested	request	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 information	acl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the nature of the information					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic
2	request	participle		the information not said here					vn beg-58.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The flavour desired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flavour	det
2	flavour	flavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	desired	desire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 flavour	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	desire	participle		the flavour not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

The fragrance worn by the customer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fragrance	det
2	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fragrance	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 customer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 customer	det
6	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle		the fragrance not said here				by the customer	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The quantity of scoops desired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quantity	det
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 scoops	case
4	scoops	scoop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 quantity	nmod
5	desired	desire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 quantity	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	desire	participle		the quantity of scoops not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

The method of payment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 method	det
2	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 payment	case
4	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 method	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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