Exam question 3 · In the classroom

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the instruction Levez la main.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, instruction

This is exam question 3 of lesson 20 «In the classroom» 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	11 instruction	det
11	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	Levez	Levez	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 instruction	appos
13	la	la	X	Foreign=Yes	14 main	flat:foreign
14	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Levez	amod
15	.	.	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	the instruction		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus instruction=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

It requires that the pupil stand

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 stand	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stand	compound
6	stand	stand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	pupil stand					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It requires that the pupil raise a hand

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 raise	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raise	nsubj
6	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hand	det
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raise	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	raise	infinitive	the pupil	a hand					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 3

It requires that the pupil leave the room

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 leave	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	nsubj
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 room	det
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	leave	infinitive	the pupil	the room					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

Option 4

It requires that the pupil wash both hands

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 wash	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wash	nsubj
6	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	advcl
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 hands	det
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	wash	infinitive	the pupil	both hands					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

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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