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description: It is given that a circumflex accent frequently occupies the position of a letter lost from an older spelling. Determine the letter most commonly so replaced. Exam question 4 of lesson 3 «Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 4 · Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends

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It is given that a circumflex accent frequently occupies the position of a letter lost from an older spelling. Determine the letter most commonly so replaced.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** circumflex accent, you · **What happens:** give, occupy, lose, determine, replace · **To what, where:** It, position, letter, older spelling

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 3 «Accents: é, è, ê, ç and friends» 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/3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a circumflex accent frequently occupies the position of a letter lost from an older spelling.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:e4:1
# text = It is given that a circumflex accent frequently occupies the position of a letter lost from an older spelling.
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	7	det	_	_
6	circumflex	circumflex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	occupies	occupy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	amod	_	_
19	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **occupy** | present | a circumflex accent | the position of a letter |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus position=Experiencer |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  | a letter *not said here* |  | a older spelling |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent from spelling=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the letter most commonly so replaced.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:e4:2
# text = Determine the letter most commonly so replaced.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	replaced	replace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the letter |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Topic |
| 2 | **replace** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The letter n

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:e4:o1:1
# text = The letter n
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The letter e

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:e4:o2:1
# text = The letter e
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The letter s

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:e4:o3:1
# text = The letter s
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	s	's	PART	POS	Typo=Yes	2	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The letter h

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:3-accents-e-e-e-c-and-friends:e4:o4:1
# text = The letter h
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	h	H	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

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