Exam question 3 · Hello and goodbye: greetings

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the greeting salut.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, greeting salut

This is exam question 3 of lesson 4 «Hello and goodbye: greetings» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 salut	det
11	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 salut	compound
12	salut	salut	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the greeting salut		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus salut=Experiencer

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

It signifies gratitude and is the equivalent of "thank you"

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 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 equivalent	cc
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 equivalent	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 equivalent	det
7	equivalent	equivalent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 thank	case
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 thank	punct
10	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 equivalent	parataxis
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 thank	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 thank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	signify	present	It	gratitude		vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gratitude=Theme
2	is a	present		the equivalent		tree rules
3	thank speech: thank in a quote	present			you	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2

It is a formal greeting required when addressing officials

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 greeting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 greeting	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 greeting	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 greeting	amod
5	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 greeting	acl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 addressing	advmod
8	addressing	address	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 officials	amod
9	officials	official	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 required	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a formal greeting	tree rules
2	require	participle		a formal greeting not said here	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	address	gerund			vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is an informal greeting suitable among friends, children and family

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	6 suitable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 suitable	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 greeting	det
4	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 greeting	amod
5	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suitable	obl:unmarked
6	suitable	suitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	among	among	ADP	_	8 friends	case
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 suitable	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 children	punct
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 friends	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 family	cc
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 friends	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					among friends and children and family; a informal greeting obl:unmarked; suitable property	tree rules

Option 4

It is employed exclusively in written correspondence

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	3 employed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 employed	aux:pass
3	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 employed	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 correspondence	case
6	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 correspondence	amod
7	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		It		written correspondence		exclusively property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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