Exam question 2 · My house and my home
It is given that a dwelling comprises a rez-de-chaussée and a premier étage. Ascertain which of the two is situated at street level.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dwelling, rez, you · What happens: give, comprise, chaussée, ascertain, situate · To what, where: It, street level
This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «My house and my home» 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 a dwelling comprises a rez-de-chaussée and a premier étage.
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 | _ | 7 comprises | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dwelling | det |
| 6 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comprises | nsubj |
| 7 | comprises | comprise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 chaussée | det |
| 9 | rez | rez | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 chaussée | nsubj |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 rez | punct |
| 11 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 chaussée | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 chaussée | punct |
| 13 | chaussée | chaussée | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comprises | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 étage | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 étage | det |
| 16 | premier | premier | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 étage | amod |
| 17 | étage | étage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 chaussée | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | 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 | comprise | present | a dwelling | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | chaussée | rez | tree rules |
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: Ascertain which of the two is situated at street level.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 situated | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 two | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 two | det |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 situated | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 situated | aux:pass |
| 7 | situated | situate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Ascertain | ccomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 level | case |
| 9 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 level | compound |
| 10 | level | level | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 situated | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | situate | present · passive | you not said here | street level | of the two | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: which=Theme at level=Destination |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Neither, both being below ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 6 ground | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 ground | nsubj |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 ground | cop |
| 5 | below | below | ADV | _ | 6 ground | advmod |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | gerund | both | ground | below, neither property | tree rules |
Option 2
Both, being synonymous terms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 terms | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Both | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 terms | cop |
| 4 | synonymous | synonymous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 terms | amod |
| 5 | terms | term | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | gerund | Both | synonymous terms | tree rules |
Option 3
The premier étage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 étage | det |
| 2 | premier | premier | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 étage | amod |
| 3 | étage | étage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The rez-de-chaussée
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chaussée | det |
| 2 | rez | rez | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 chaussée | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 rez | punct |
| 4 | de | de | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chaussée | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 de | punct |
| 6 | chaussée | chaussée | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
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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