--- title: It is given that a dwelling comprises a rez-de-chaussée and a premie… — My house and my home · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a dwelling comprises a rez-de-chaussée and a premier étage. Ascertain which of the two is situated at street level. 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Ascertain which of the two is situated at street level. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dwelling, rez, you · **What happens:** give, comprise, chaussée, ascertain, situate · **To what, where:** It, street level This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a dwelling comprises a rez-de-chaussée and a premier étage. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e2:1 # text = It is given that a dwelling comprises a rez-de-chaussée and a premier étage. 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 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comprises comprise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 9 rez rez NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 chaussée chaussée NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 premier premier ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 étage étage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . 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 | **comprise** | present | a dwelling | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **chaussée** | | rez | | | | | | tree rules | 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:* Ascertain which of the two is situated at street level. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e2:2 # text = Ascertain which of the two is situated at street level. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 situated situate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 level level NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **situate** | present · passive | you *not said here* | | | street level | | of the two | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: which=Theme at level=Destination | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Neither, both being below ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e2:o1:1 # text = Neither, both being below ground 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 5 below below ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | gerund | both | ground | | | | below, neither *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Both, being synonymous terms ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e2:o2:1 # text = Both, being synonymous terms 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 4 synonymous synonymous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | gerund | Both | synonymous terms | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The premier étage ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e2:o3:1 # text = The premier étage 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 premier premier ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 étage étage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The rez-de-chaussée ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:21-my-house-and-my-home:e2:o4:1 # text = The rez-de-chaussée 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 rez rez ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 de de NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 chaussée chaussée NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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