Exam question 3 · Colours

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the adjectives marron and orange.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, adjectives marron

This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Colours» 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 marron	det
11	adjectives	adjective	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 marron	compound
12	marron	marron	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 orange	cc
14	orange	orange	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 marron	conj
15	.	.	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 adjectives marron and orange		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus marron=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

They are employed solely before the noun

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 employed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 employed	aux:pass
3	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 employed	advmod
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 noun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 noun	det
7	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		They			before the noun	solely property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They remain invariable in gender and in number

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 remain	nsubj
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	invariable	invariable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remain	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 gender	case
5	gender	gender	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 number	cc
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 number	case
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gender	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	They			gender and number		invariable property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in gender=Location

Option 3

They add an e for the feminine and an s for the plural

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 add	nsubj
2	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 e	det
4	e	e	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 add	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 feminine	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 feminine	det
7	feminine	feminine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 add	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 s	cc
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 s	det
10	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feminine	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 plural	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plural	det
13	plural	plural	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 add	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present	They	a e				for the feminine and a s; for the plural	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent e=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They change wholly into other words for feminine nouns

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 change	nsubj
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	2 change	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 words	case
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 nouns	case
8	feminine	feminine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nouns	amod
9	nouns	noun	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	They					into other words result; for feminine nouns; wholly property	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into word=Result

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