Exam question 4 · Hello and goodbye: greetings
It is given that a female person, upon an introduction, writes the expression signifying "pleased to meet you". Determine its correct written form.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: introduction, expression, you · What happens: give, write, signify, meet, determine, form · To what, where: It, expression, you, correct written form
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a female person, upon an introduction, writes the expression signifying "pleased to meet 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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 person | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 6 | female | female | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 person | amod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 introduction | punct |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 introduction | case |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 introduction | det |
| 11 | introduction | introduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 writes | punct |
| 13 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 introduction | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 expression | det |
| 15 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 writes | obj |
| 16 | signifying | signify | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 expression | acl |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 pleased | punct |
| 18 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 signifying | ccomp |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 meet | mark |
| 20 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 pleased | xcomp |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 meet | obj |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 pleased | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | write | present | a introduction not said here | the expression | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Theme | ||||
| 3 | signify | gerund | the expression not said here | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 4 | meet in a quote | to-infinitive | the expression not said here | you | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-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.
Sentence 2: Determine its correct written form.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 form | nmod:poss |
| 3 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 form | amod |
| 4 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 form | amod |
| 5 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | introduction's correct written form | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic | ||||
| 2 | write | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | form | introduction | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Enchantés
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enchantés | Enchantés | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Enchanter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enchanter | enchanter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Enchantée
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enchantée | Enchantée | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Enchanté
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enchanté | Enchanté | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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