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title: Ascertain the meaning of the term "la rentrée" as employed in France. — 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the meaning of the term "la rentrée" as employed in France. Exam question 4 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · 14 juillet, poisson d'avril and other French days

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Ascertain the meaning of the term "la rentrée" as employed in France.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, employ, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, France, term

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the meaning of the term "la rentrée" as employed in France.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	appos	_	_
9	rentrée	rentrée	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the term |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **employ** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | France |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The entrance of a public building

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e4:o1:1
# text = The entrance of a public building
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The return to school and work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e4:o2:1
# text = The return to school and work
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The commencement of the summer holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e4:o3:1
# text = The commencement of the summer holidays
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	commencement	commencement	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	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 annual festival of music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:33-14-juillet-poisson-d-avril-and-other-french-days:e4:o4:1
# text = The annual festival of music
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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