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title: Determine the meaning of the term "tuque" as employed in Quebec. — France and the French-speaking world · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the meaning of the term "tuque" as employed in Quebec. Exam question 4 of lesson 34 «France and the French-speaking world» 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 · France and the French-speaking world

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Determine the meaning of the term "tuque" as employed in Quebec.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, employ, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, Quebec, term

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 34 «France and the French-speaking world» 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/34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:e4:1
# text = Determine the meaning of the term "tuque" as employed in Quebec.
1	Determine	determine	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	tuque	tuque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 meaning of the term |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **employ** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | Quebec |  |  | 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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A corner shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:e4:o1:1
# text = A corner shop
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shop	shop	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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A car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:e4:o2:1
# text = A car
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A midday meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:e4:o3:1
# text = A midday meal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A woolly hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:34-france-and-the-french-speaking-world:e4:o4:1
# text = A woolly hat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	woolly	woolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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