Test 6 · ★ · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days

★ Why is it "Joyeuses Pâques" with -euses, not "joyeux"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: be · To what, where: Joyeuses Pâques

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 33 «14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days» of the French course of Mova's primary school. 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	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Pâques	nsubj
2	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 Pâques	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Pâques	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Pâques	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Pâques	punct
6	Joyeuses	Joyeuses	X	_	7 Pâques	compound
7	Pâques	pâque	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Pâques	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 euses	case
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 with	punct
11	euses	eus	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Pâques	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 joyeux	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 joyeux	advmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 joyeux	punct
15	joyeux	joyeux	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 euses	appos
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 joyeux	punct
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 Pâques	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	★	Joyeuses Pâques				with euses	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's a spelling mistake that everyone makes

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	5 mistake	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mistake	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mistake	det
4	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mistake	compound
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 makes	nsubj
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mistake	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a spelling mistake					tree rules
2	make	present	a spelling mistake						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In the greeting Pâques is feminine and plural

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 greeting	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 greeting	det
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feminine	obl
4	Pâques	Pâques	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 feminine	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 feminine	cop
6	feminine	feminine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 plural	cc
8	plural	plural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feminine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pâques			the greeting		feminine property	tree rules
2	be		Pâques not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Easter is always a masculine word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 word	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	masculine	masculine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Easter	a masculine word				always property	tree rules

Option 4

-euses is used for every holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 euses	punct
2	euses	eus	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 holiday	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 holiday	det
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		euses				for every holiday	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for holiday=Eventuality

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