Exam question 3 · Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terminal s of quatre-vingts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, terminal s

This is exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Numbers 70 to 100: soixante-dix and quatre-vingts» 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	12 s	det
11	terminal	terminal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 s	compound
12	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 vingts	case
14	quatre	quatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 vingts	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 quatre	punct
16	vingts	vingt	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 s	nmod
17	.	.	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 terminal s of quatre vingts		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus s=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

It is retained solely in Switzerland

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 retained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 retained	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Switzerland	case
6	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		It		Switzerland		solely property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is retained solely where no further numeral follows

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 retained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	9 follows	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 follows	advmod
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 numeral	det
7	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 numeral	amod
8	numeral	numeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 follows	nsubj
9	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	follow	present	no further numeral					solely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is retained in every numeral from eighty to ninety-nine

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 retained	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 retained	aux:pass
3	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 numeral	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 numeral	det
6	numeral	numeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 retained	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 eighty	case
8	eighty	eighty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 retained	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 ninety	case
10	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 eighty	nmod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 nine	punct
12	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 ninety	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · passive		It		every numeral		from eighty to ninety	tree rules

Option 4

It is omitted in every circumstance

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 omitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 omitted	aux:pass
3	omitted	omit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 circumstance	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 circumstance	det
6	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 omitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	omit	present · passive		It		every circumstance			vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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