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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the French order of a written date. Exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Dates and birthdays» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
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# Exam question 3 · Dates and birthdays

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the French order of a written date.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 11 «Dates and birthdays» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/11-dates-and-birthdays/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the French order of a written date.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 order of a written date |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus order=Experiencer |
| 4 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **order** |  |  | a written date |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The month precedes the day, after the American manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:e3:o1:1
# text = The month precedes the day, after the American manner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precede** | present | the month |  |  |  | after the American manner; day |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The order is left to the preference of the writer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:e3:o2:1
# text = The order is left to the preference of the writer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	preference	preference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | the order | the preference of the writer |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to preference=Recipient |
| 2 | **prefer** |  |  | the writer |  |  |  |  | nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The day precedes the month, after the British manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:e3:o3:1
# text = The day precedes the month, after the British manner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precede** | present | the day |  |  |  | after the British manner; month |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The year precedes the day in all correspondence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:11-dates-and-birthdays:e3:o4:1
# text = The year precedes the day in all correspondence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precede** | present | the year |  |  | all correspondence | day |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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