Exam question 3 · French compared with English

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the French word "librairie".

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, French word

This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «French compared with English» of the language 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 word	det
11	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 word	amod
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 librairie	punct
14	librairie	librairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 word	appos
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 librairie	punct
16	.	.	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 French word		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus word=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 signifies a public library, as the English form suggests

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	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 library	det
4	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 library	amod
5	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 suggests	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 suggests	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 form	det
9	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 form	amod
10	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 suggests	nsubj
11	suggests	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 signifies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	a public library					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot library=Theme
2	suggest speech: suggest	present	the English form						vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It signifies a laboratory

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	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 laboratory	det
4	laboratory	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	a laboratory					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot laboratory=Theme

Option 3

It signifies a bakery

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	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bakery	det
4	bakery	bakery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signifies	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It	a bakery					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bakery=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a false friend signifying a bookshop

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 friend	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 friend	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friend	det
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 friend	amod
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 friend	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bookshop	det
8	bookshop	bookshop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 signifying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a false friend					tree rules
2	signify	gerund	a false friend not said here	a bookshop					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bookshop=Theme

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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