Exam question 1 · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days
Identify the event commemorated in France on 14 July.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, commemorate · To what, where: event, France
This is exam question 1 of lesson 33 «14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 event | det |
| 3 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | commemorated | commemorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 event | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 France | case |
| 6 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 commemorated | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 14 | case |
| 8 | 14 | 14 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 commemorated | obl |
| 9 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 14 | nmod:unmarked |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the event | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme | ||||
| 2 | commemorate | participle | the event not said here | France | on 14 July | vn judgment-33.1-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer
The taking of the Bastille in 1789
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 taking | det |
| 2 | taking | taking | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Bastille | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Bastille | det |
| 5 | Bastille | Bastille | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 taking | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1789 | case |
| 7 | 1789 | 1789 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 taking | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | the Bastille | nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
The end of the First World War in 1918
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 end | det |
| 2 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 War | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 War | det |
| 5 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 War | amod |
| 6 | World | World | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 War | compound |
| 7 | War | War | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 end | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 1918 | case |
| 9 | 1918 | 1918 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 end | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The opening of the Eiffel Tower in 1889
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 opening | det |
| 2 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Tower | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Tower | det |
| 5 | Eiffel | Eiffel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Tower | compound |
| 6 | Tower | Tower | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 opening | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1889 | case |
| 8 | 1889 | 1889 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 opening | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The first crossing of the Channel by air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 crossing | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 crossing | amod |
| 3 | crossing | crossing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Channel | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Channel | det |
| 6 | Channel | Channel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 crossing | nmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 air | case |
| 8 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crossing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | air | the Channel | nom crossing «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |
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