Exam question 2 · Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style
State the function of the fève concealed within the galette des rois.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, function · What happens: state, conceal · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «Christmas, Epiphany and pancake day French-style» 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 | State | state | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 function | det |
| 3 | function | function | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 concealed | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fève | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fève | det |
| 6 | fève | fève | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 function | nmod |
| 7 | concealed | conceal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 State | ccomp |
| 8 | within | within | ADP | _ | 12 rois | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rois | det |
| 10 | galette | galette | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 des | compound |
| 11 | des | des | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rois | compound |
| 12 | rois | rois | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 concealed | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | conceal | past | the function of the fève | within the des rois | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 designates the person who shall serve the cake
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 designates | nsubj |
| 2 | designates | designate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 designates | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 serve | nsubj |
| 6 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 serve | aux |
| 7 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cake | det |
| 9 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 serve | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | designate | present | It | the person | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme | ||||
| 2 | serve | shall | the person | the cake | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Attribute |
Option 2
It designates the person who shall pay for the cake
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 designates | nsubj |
| 2 | designates | designate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 designates | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 pay | nsubj |
| 6 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 pay | aux |
| 7 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 cake | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cake | det |
| 10 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | designate | present | It | the person | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pay | shall | the person | for the cake | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for cake=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It designates the king or queen for the day
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 designates | nsubj |
| 2 | designates | designate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 designates | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 queen | cc |
| 6 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 king | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 designates | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | designate | present | It | the king or queen | day | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
Option 4
It serves merely to decorate the upper surface
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 serves | nsubj |
| 2 | serves | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | merely | merely | ADV | _ | 2 serves | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 decorate | mark |
| 5 | decorate | decorate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 serves | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 surface | det |
| 7 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 surface | amod |
| 8 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decorate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | present | It | merely property | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | decorate | to-infinitive | the upper surface | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surface=Destination |
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