Exam question 3 · Numbers 0 to 20

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the number seventeen.

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, number

This is exam question 3 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	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 number	det
11	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 number	flat
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 number		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=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 is a single word ending in -ze, namely septze

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 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	ending	end	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 word	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 ze	case
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 in	punct
9	ze	ze	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ending	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 septze	punct
11	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 septze	amod
12	septze	septze	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a single word and namely septze					tree rules
2	end	gerund	a single word and namely septze not said here			ze			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

It is formed by joining sept and dix, as sept-dix

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 formed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 joining	mark
5	joining	join	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 formed	advcl
6	sept	sept	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 joining	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dix	cc
8	dix	dix	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sept	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dix	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 dix	case
11	sept	sept	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dix	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 sept	punct
13	dix	dix	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present · passive		It				as sept dix	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as dix=Attribute
2	join	gerund		sept and dix					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sept=Patient

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

It is formed by joining dix and sept with a hyphen

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 formed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	5 joining	mark
5	joining	join	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 formed	advcl
6	dix	dix	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 joining	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sept	cc
8	sept	sept	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dix	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 hyphen	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hyphen	det
11	hyphen	hyphen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 joining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present · passive		It					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	join	gerund		dix and sept				with a hyphen	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent dix=Patient with hyphen=Co-Patient

Option 4

It is expressed as vingt minus trois

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 expressed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 expressed	aux:pass
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 vingt	case
5	vingt	vingt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
6	minus	minus	ADP	_	7 trois	case
7	trois	trois	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive		It				as vingt; minus trois	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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