Exam question 3 · Numbers 21 to 69

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning French telephone numbers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, French telephone numbers

This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Numbers 21 to 69» 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	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 numbers	amod
11	telephone	telephone	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 numbers	compound
12	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
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	French telephone numbers		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 · ← Mova's choice

They comprise ten digits, pronounced in groups of three

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 comprise	nsubj
2	comprise	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 digits	nummod
4	digits	digit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprise	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pronounced	punct
6	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 digits	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 groups	case
8	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pronounced	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 three	case
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 groups	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	They	ten digits					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme digit=Pivot
2	pronounce	participle		ten digits not said here		groups of three			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in group=Manner

Option 2

They comprise six digits, pronounced singly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 comprise	nsubj
2	comprise	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 digits	nummod
4	digits	digit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprise	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pronounced	punct
6	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 digits	acl
7	singly	singly	ADV	_	6 pronounced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	They	six digits					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme digit=Pivot
2	pronounce	participle		six digits not said here				singly property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They comprise ten digits, customarily pronounced in pairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 comprise	nsubj
2	comprise	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 digits	nummod
4	digits	digit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprise	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pronounced	punct
6	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	7 pronounced	advmod
7	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 digits	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 pairs	case
9	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pronounced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	present	They	ten digits					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme digit=Pivot
2	pronounce	participle		ten digits not said here		pairs		customarily property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in pair=Manner

Option 4

They are pronounced in English by statute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pronounced	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pronounced	aux:pass
3	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 English	case
5	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pronounced	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 statute	case
7	statute	statute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pronounced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	present · passive	statute	They		English			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in english=Manner

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