Exam question 1 · Tu or vous? Manners in French

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of the pronoun vous?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: use

This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Tu or vous? Manners in 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	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 use	det
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 pronoun	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pronoun	det
13	pronoun	pronoun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	conj
14	vous	vous	X	Foreign=Yes	13 pronoun	flat:foreign
15	?	?	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 use and the pronoun				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 considered discourteous in all circumstances and must be avoided entirely

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 considered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 considered	aux:pass
3	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 considered	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 circumstances	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 circumstances	det
7	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 considered	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 avoided	cc
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 avoided	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 avoided	aux:pass
11	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 considered	conj
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	11 avoided	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consider	present · passive		It		all circumstances		discourteous property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
2	avoid	must · passive						entirely property	vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is employed towards adults not intimately known and towards any group of persons

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	towards	towards	ADP	_	5 adults	case
5	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 employed	obl
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 known	advmod
7	intimately	intimately	ADV	_	8 known	advmod
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 employed	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 group	cc
10	towards	towards	ADP	_	12 group	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 group	det
12	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 known	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 persons	case
14	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 group	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		It				towards adults	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not know	participle						intimately property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It is employed solely towards animals and young children

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	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 employed	advmod
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 animals	case
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 employed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 children	cc
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 animals	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		It				towards animals and young children; solely property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It is employed exclusively among close friends of equal age

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	among	among	ADP	_	7 friends	case
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friends	amod
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 employed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 age	case
9	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 age	amod
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 friends	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		It				among close friends of equal age; exclusively property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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