Exam question 1 · English words that came from French

Identify the historical event which occasioned the entry of a great number of French words into English.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, historical event · What happens: identify, occasion, enter · To what, where: historical event, entry, great number

This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «English words that came from French» 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	4 event	det
3	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 event	amod
4	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 occasioned	nsubj
6	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 event	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 entry	det
8	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occasioned	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 number	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 number	det
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 number	amod
12	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 entry	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 words	case
14	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 words	amod
15	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 number	nmod
16	into	into	ADP	_	17 English	case
17	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 words	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the historical event	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
2	occasion	past	the historical event	the entry of a great number of French words into English	tree rules
3	enter			a great number of French words into English	nom entry «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 arrival of the Romans in 43 AD

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrival	det
2	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Romans	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Romans	det
5	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 arrival	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 AD	case
7	43	43	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 AD	nummod
8	AD	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive		the Romans			43 AD			nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent in=place

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The rule of England by the Normans after 1066

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 England	case
4	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rule	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Normans	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Normans	det
7	Normans	Norman	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 rule	nmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 1066	case
9	1066	1066	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 Normans	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule		England						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994

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 Tunnel	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Tunnel	det
5	Channel	Channel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Tunnel	compound
6	Tunnel	Tunnel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 opening	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 1994	case
8	1994	1994	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 opening	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The invention of printing in 1440

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 invention	det
2	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 printing	case
4	printing	printing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 invention	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1440	case
6	1440	1440	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 printing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent			printing in 1440					nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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