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title: Identify the grammatically correct rendering of the statement "I res… — My house and my home · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the grammatically correct rendering of the statement "I reside in a house" in the French language. Exam question 1 of lesson 21 «My house and my home» 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
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# Exam question 1 · My house and my home

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Identify the grammatically correct rendering of the statement "I reside in a house" in the French language.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** identify, reside, render · **To what, where:** correct rendering, house, statement · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «My house and my home» 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/21-my-house-and-my-home/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e1:1
# text = Identify the grammatically correct rendering of the statement "I reside in a house" in the French language.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	grammatically	grammatically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rendering	rendering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	reside	reside	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct rendering of the statement |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent rendering=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **reside** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | a house in the French language |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
| 3 | **render** |  |  | the statement |  |  |  |  | nom rendering «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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J'habite dans des maison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e1:o1:1
# text = J'habite dans des maison
1	J'habite	J'habite	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	dans	dans	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	des	des	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	maison	maison	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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J'habite dans un maison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e1:o2:1
# text = J'habite dans un maison
1	J'habite	J'habite	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	dans	dans	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	maison	maison	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Je habite dans une maison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e1:o3:1
# text = Je habite dans une maison
1	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	compound	_	_
2	habite	habite	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	dans	dans	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	une	une	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	maison	maison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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J'habite dans une maison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e1:o4:1
# text = J'habite dans une maison
1	J'habite	J'habite	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
2	dans	dans	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat:foreign	_	_
3	une	une	X	FW	_	4	compound	_	_
4	maison	maison	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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