Exam question 3 · Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the French consonant r.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, French consonant r.

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 r.	det
11	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 r.	amod
12	consonant	consonant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 r.	compound
13	r.	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj

#	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	the French consonant r.		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus respect=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is articulated at the rear of the mouth

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 articulated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 articulated	aux:pass
3	articulated	articulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 rear	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rear	det
6	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 articulated	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 mouth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mouth	det
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	articulate speech: other	present · passive		It		the rear of the mouth			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 2

It is invariably omitted in speech

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 omitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 omitted	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 omitted	advmod
4	omitted	omit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 speech	case
6	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 omitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	omit	present · passive		It		speech		invariably property	vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It is articulated by rolling the tip of the tongue

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 articulated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 articulated	aux:pass
3	articulated	articulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 rolling	mark
5	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 articulated	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tip	det
7	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rolling	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 tongue	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tongue	det
10	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tip	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	articulate speech: other	present · passive		It					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	roll	gerund		the tip of the tongue					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Agent

Option 4

It is articulated between the lips

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 articulated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 articulated	aux:pass
3	articulated	articulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 lips	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lips	det
6	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 articulated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	articulate speech: other	present · passive		It				between the lips	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

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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