Exam question 3 · France and the French-speaking world

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the status of La Réunion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: status

This is exam question 3 of lesson 34 «France and the French-speaking world» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 status	det
10	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 La	case
12	La	La	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 status	nmod
13	Réunion	Réunion	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 La	flat
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the status of La				of the following statements; accurately property	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 is a province of Canada

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	4 province	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 province	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 province	det
4	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Canada	case
6	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 province	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a province				of Canada	tree rules

Option 2

It forms part of Belgium

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 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Belgium	case
5	Belgium	Belgium	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	It	part of Belgium					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme

Option 3

It is an independent nation in the Pacific

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 nation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 nation	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 nation	det
4	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nation	amod
5	nation	nation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 Pacific	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pacific	det
8	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 nation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a independent nation		the Pacific			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It forms part of France, in the Indian Ocean

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 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 France	case
5	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Ocean	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 Ocean	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Ocean	det
9	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Ocean	amod
10	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	It	part of France		the Indian Ocean			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme

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