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title: It is given that a boy has no brothers or sisters. Determine the exp… — My family · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a boy has no brothers or sisters. Determine the expression by which he describes himself. Exam question 4 of lesson 14 «My family» 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 right.
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# Exam question 4 · My family

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It is given that a boy has no brothers or sisters. Determine the expression by which he describes himself.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, you · **What happens:** give, have, determine, describe · **To what, where:** It, brothers, expression, boy

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «My family» 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/14-my-family/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a boy has no brothers or sisters.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:e4:1
# text = It is given that a boy has no brothers or sisters.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | a boy | no brothers or sisters |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the expression by which he describes himself.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:e4:2
# text = Determine the expression by which he describes himself.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the expression |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Topic |
| 2 | **describe** | present | boy | boy |  |  |  | by the expression | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Je suis fils unique

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:e4:o1:1
# text = Je suis fils unique
1	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	suis	sui	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fils	fil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	unique	unique	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sui** | present | Je | fils |  |  |  | unique *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Je suis frère unique

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:e4:o2:1
# text = Je suis frère unique
1	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
2	suis	suis	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	frère	frère	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	unique	unique	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Je suis fille unique

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:e4:o3:1
# text = Je suis fille unique
1	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	suis	sui	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fille	fille	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	unique	unique	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sui** | present | Je | fille |  |  |  | unique *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Je suis fils seul

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:14-my-family:e4:o4:1
# text = Je suis fils seul
1	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
2	suis	suis	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	fils	fils	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	seul	seul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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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