--- title: Identify the expression which, placed at the commencement of a state… — Questions and simple sentences · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the expression which, placed at the commencement of a statement, renders it interrogative. Exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Questions and simple sentences» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/30-questions-and-simple-sentences/e1/) [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/) / [Questions and simple sentences](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/30-questions-and-simple-sentences/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Questions and simple sentences Identify the expression which, placed at the commencement of a statement, renders it interrogative. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, place, render · **To what, where:** expression, commencement This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Questions and simple sentences» 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/30-questions-and-simple-sentences/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:e1:1 # text = Identify the expression which, placed at the commencement of a statement, renders it interrogative. 1 Identify identify 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 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 commencement commencement NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 renders render VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 interrogative interrogative NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the expression | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent expression=Theme | | 2 | **place** | participle · passive | | the expression | | the commencement of a statement | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at commencement=Destination | | 3 | **render** | present | | expression | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient interrogative=Theme | 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} Ne ... pas ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:e1:o1:1 # text = Ne ... pas 1 Ne ne NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 ... ... PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 pas pa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Est-ce que ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:e1:o2:1 # text = Est-ce que 1 Est Est PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ce ce NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 que que NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Parce que ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:e1:o3:1 # text = Parce que 1 Parce Parce PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 que que NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Il y a ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:30-questions-and-simple-sentences:e1:o4:1 # text = Il y a 1 Il Il PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 y y VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 flat:foreign _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **y** | past | Il | | | | | | tree rules | **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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