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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — In the classroom · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the French noun crayon? Exam question 1 of lesson 20 «In the classroom» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · In the classroom

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the French noun crayon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** French noun crayon

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 20 «In the classroom» 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/20-in-the-classroom/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the French noun crayon?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	crayon	crayon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the French noun crayon |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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It denotes a fountain pen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e1:o1:1
# text = It denotes a fountain pen
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | a fountain pen |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pen=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It denotes a rubber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e1:o2:1
# text = It denotes a rubber
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | a rubber |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rubber=Topic |

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

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It denotes a pencil, wax crayons being termed crayons de cire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e1:o3:1
# text = It denotes a pencil, wax crayons being termed crayons de cire
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	crayons	crayon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	termed	term	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	crayons	crayon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
11	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	conj	_	_
12	cire	cire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | a pencil |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pencil=Topic |
| 2 | **term** | gerund · passive |  | wax crayons |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme cire=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It denotes a wax crayon exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e1:o4:1
# text = It denotes a wax crayon exclusively
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	crayon	crayon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | a wax crayon |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot crayon=Topic |

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