Exam question 3 · Tu or vous? Manners in French

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the reply De rien.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, reply

This is exam question 3 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	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	11 reply	det
11	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	De	De	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 reply	appos
13	rien	rien	X	Foreign=Yes	12 De	flat:foreign
14	.	.	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 reply		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reply=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a courteous acknowledgement of thanks, signifying "you are welcome"

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 acknowledgement	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 acknowledgement	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 acknowledgement	det
4	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 acknowledgement	amod
5	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 thanks	case
7	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acknowledgement	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 signifying	punct
9	signifying	signify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 acknowledgement	advcl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 welcome	punct
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 welcome	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 welcome	cop
13	welcome	welcome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 signifying	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 welcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a courteous acknowledgement	of thanks	tree rules
2	signify	gerund				vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	is in a quote	present	you		welcome property	tree rules

Option 2

It is a refusal, signifying "you shall receive nothing"

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 refusal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 refusal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 refusal	det
4	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 signifying	punct
6	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 refusal	acl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 receive	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 receive	nsubj
9	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 receive	aux
10	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 signifying	ccomp
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 receive	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 receive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a refusal	tree rules
2	signify	gerund	a refusal not said here		tree rules
3	receive in a quote	shall	you	nothing	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme

Option 3

It is a request for repetition of what was said

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 request	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 request	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 request	det
4	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 repetition	case
6	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 what	case
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 request	nmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	aux:pass
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a request				for repetition	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past · passive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»

Option 4

It is a greeting employed solely in the evening

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 greeting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 greeting	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 greeting	det
4	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 greeting	acl
6	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 employed	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 evening	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 evening	det
9	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a greeting					tree rules
2	employ	participle		a greeting not said here			evening	solely property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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