Exam question 1 · Numbers 0 to 20
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the pronunciation of the numeral sept?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, pronounce · To what, where: pronunciation, numeral sept
This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Numbers 0 to 20» 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 pronunciation | det |
| 10 | pronunciation | pronunciation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 sept | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sept | det |
| 13 | numeral | numeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sept | compound |
| 14 | sept | sept | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pronunciation | nmod |
| 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 pronunciation of the numeral sept | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pronounce | the numeral sept | nom pronunciation «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 terminal t is silent, the word being pronounced as "sep"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 t | det |
| 2 | terminal | terminal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 t | compound |
| 3 | t | t | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 silent | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 silent | cop |
| 5 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 pronounced | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 word | det |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pronounced | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 pronounced | aux:pass |
| 10 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 silent | conj |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 sep | case |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 sep | punct |
| 13 | sep | sep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pronounced | obl |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 sep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the terminal t | silent property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pronounce | gerund · passive | the word | as sep | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
The p is pronounced with particular force
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 p | det |
| 2 | p | p | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pronounced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pronounced | aux:pass |
| 4 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 force | case |
| 6 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 force | amod |
| 7 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pronounced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pronounce | present · passive | the p | with particular force | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with force=Manner |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The p is silent, the word being pronounced as "set"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 p | det |
| 2 | p | p | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 silent | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 silent | cop |
| 4 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pronounced | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pronounced | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 pronounced | aux:pass |
| 9 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 silent | conj |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 set | case |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 set | punct |
| 12 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pronounced | obl |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 set | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the p | silent property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pronounce | gerund · passive | the word | as set | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Both p and t are silent, the word being pronounced as "say"
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 p | det |
| 2 | p | p | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 silent | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 t | cc |
| 4 | t | t | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 p | conj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 silent | cop |
| 6 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pronounced | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 word | det |
| 9 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pronounced | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 pronounced | aux:pass |
| 11 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 silent | conj |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 say | mark |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 say | punct |
| 14 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 pronounced | xcomp |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | both p and t | silent property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pronounce | gerund · passive | the word | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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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