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title: Identify the instruction denoted by the French expression "tout droi… — The town and directions · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the instruction denoted by the French expression "tout droit" when directions are given. Exam question 1 of lesson 22 «The town and directions» 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 · The town and directions

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Identify the instruction denoted by the French expression "tout droit" when directions are given.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, denote, give · **To what, where:** instruction, directions

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «The town and directions» 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/22-the-town-and-directions/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:e1:1
# text = Identify the instruction denoted by the French expression "tout droit" when directions are given.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	denoted	denote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	tout	tout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	droit	droit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	16	mark	_	_
14	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 instruction |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme |
| 2 | **denote** | participle |  | the instruction *not said here* |  |  |  | by the French expression | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **give** | present · passive |  | directions |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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Return by the same route

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:e1:o1:1
# text = Return by the same route
1	Return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** |  | the same route |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: by=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Proceed to the left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:e1:o2:1
# text = Proceed to the left
1	Proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the left | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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

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Proceed straight ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:e1:o3:1
# text = Proceed straight ahead
1	Proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Proceed to the right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:22-the-town-and-directions:e1:o4:1
# text = Proceed to the right
1	Proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the right | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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