--- title: It is given that a pupil does not comprehend an explanation. Determi… — In the classroom · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a pupil does not comprehend an explanation. Determine the expression appropriate to that circumstance. Exam question 4 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 ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/20-in-the-classroom/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [In the classroom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/20-in-the-classroom/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · In the classroom It is given that a pupil does not comprehend an explanation. Determine the expression appropriate to that circumstance. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, you · **What happens:** give, not comprehend, determine · **To what, where:** It, explanation, expression This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil does not comprehend an explanation. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e4:1 # text = It is given that a pupil does not comprehend an explanation. 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 _ 9 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 comprehend comprehend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 explanation explanation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **not** **comprehend** | present · do-support | a pupil | a explanation | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer explanation=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the expression appropriate to that circumstance. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e4:2 # text = Determine the expression appropriate to that circumstance. 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 appropriate appropriate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 circumstance circumstance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the expression | | | | appropriate *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Très bien ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e4:o1:1 # text = Très bien 1 Très Très X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 bien bien X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} C'est facile ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e4:o2:1 # text = C'est facile 1 C'est C'est X FW Foreign=Yes 2 dep _ _ 2 facile facile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Je ne comprends pas ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e4:o3:1 # text = Je ne comprends pas 1 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 3 nsubj _ _ 2 ne ne X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 comprends comprends X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 4 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 3 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} J'ai fini ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:20-in-the-classroom:e4:o4:1 # text = J'ai fini 1 J'ai J'ai X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 fini fini X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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