Exam question 2 · Songs and rhymes

Ascertain the meaning of the expression "prête-moi ta plume" in the song "Au clair de la lune".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, prête · What happens: ascertain, plume, mean · To what, where: meaning, song, expression

This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Songs and rhymes» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 expression	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 expression	det
6	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 plume	punct
8	prête	prête	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plume	nsubj
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 moi	punct
10	moi	MoI	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 plume	compound
11	ta	ta	X	Foreign=Yes	12 plume	compound
12	plume	plume	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expression	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 plume	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 song	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 song	det
16	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plume	nmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 Au	punct
18	Au	Au	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 song	appos
19	clair	Clair	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Au	flat
20	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	18 Au	flat
21	la	la	X	Foreign=Yes	22 lune	compound
22	lune	lune	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 Au	appos
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 Au	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the expression		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	plume in a quote		prête		the song	tree rules
3	mean			the expression		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Lend me your pen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lend	lend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Lend	iobj
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 pen	nmod:poss
4	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	imperative	you not said here	your pen	me				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient pen=Theme

Option 2

Show me your hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Show	iobj
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hat	nmod:poss
4	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	imperative	you not said here	your hat	me				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient hat=Topic

Option 3

Pass me your plum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 plum	nmod:poss
4	plum	plum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	imperative	you not said here	your plum	me				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient plum=Theme

Option 4

Give me your feather pillow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pillow	nmod:poss
4	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pillow	compound
5	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	your feather pillow	me				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient pillow=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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