Exam question 3 · Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the words ou and où.

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, words

This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends» 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 words	det
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	ou	ou	X	Foreign=Yes	11 words	appos
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 où	cc
14	où	où	X	Foreign=Yes	12 ou	conj
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 words		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus word=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

The former signifies "or" and the latter "where", the two being pronounced identically

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifies	nsubj
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 signifies	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 signifies	cc
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 signifies	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 latter	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 latter	det
9	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifies	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 where	punct
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 latter	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 where	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 pronounced	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 two	det
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 pronounced	nsubj:pass
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 pronounced	aux:pass
17	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 signifies	conj
18	identically	identically	ADV	_	17 pronounced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	the former						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	pronounce	gerund · passive		the two				identically property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Both signify "where", the accent being merely ornamental

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 signify	advmod
2	signify	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 where	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	2 signify	advmod
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 where	punct
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ornamental	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 accent	det
8	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ornamental	nsubj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 ornamental	cop
10	merely	merely	ADV	_	11 ornamental	advmod
11	ornamental	ornamental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 signify	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present							vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is	gerund	the accent					merely, ornamental property	tree rules

Option 3

Both signify "or", the accent indicating emphasis

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	CCONJ	_	2 signify	cc:preconj
2	signify	signify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 signify	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	2 signify	cc
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 signify	punct
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 accent	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 accent	det
8	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signify	obl
9	indicating	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 accent	acl
10	emphasis	emphasis	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 indicating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	imperative	you not said here	the accent					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	indicate	gerund	the accent not said here	emphasis					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot emphasis=Topic

Option 4

The former signifies "where" and the latter "or", the two being pronounced differently

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifies	nsubj
3	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 where	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	3 signifies	advmod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 where	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 latter	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 latter	det
9	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 signifies	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 latter	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 "	cc
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 latter	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 pronounced	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 two	det
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 pronounced	nsubj:pass
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 pronounced	aux:pass
17	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 signifies	conj
18	differently	differently	ADV	_	17 pronounced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	the former						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	pronounce	gerund · passive		the two				differently property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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