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title: Identify the event commemorated in France on 14 July. — 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the event commemorated in France on 14 July. Exam question 1 of lesson 33 «14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days» 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days

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Identify the event commemorated in France on 14 July.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, commemorate · **To what, where:** event, France

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 33 «14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days» 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/33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e1:1
# text = Identify the event commemorated in France on 14 July.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	commemorated	commemorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
9	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 event |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 2 | **commemorate** | participle |  | the event *not said here* |  | France |  | on 14  July | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The taking of the Bastille in 1789

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e1:o1:1
# text = The taking of the Bastille in 1789
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	taking	taking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Bastille	Bastille	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1789	1789	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** |  |  | the Bastille |  |  |  |  | nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The end of the First World War in 1918

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e1:o2:1
# text = The end of the First World War in 1918
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
6	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1918	1918	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The opening of the Eiffel Tower in 1889

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e1:o3:1
# text = The opening of the Eiffel Tower in 1889
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Eiffel	Eiffel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Tower	Tower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1889	1889	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The first crossing of the Channel by air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e1:o4:1
# text = The first crossing of the Channel by air
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Channel	Channel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** |  | air | the Channel |  |  |  |  | nom crossing «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

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