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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "f… — False friends · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "faux ami"? Exam question 1 of lesson 35 «False friends» 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 1 · False friends

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "faux ami"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** faux ami

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «False 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/35-false-friends/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "faux ami"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	faux	faux	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ami	ami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a faux ami |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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An English word with no French equivalent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:e1:o1:1
# text = An English word with no French equivalent
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	equivalent	equivalent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A French word identical in form and meaning to an English word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:e1:o2:1
# text = A French word identical in form and meaning to an English word
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A word of no fixed meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:e1:o3:1
# text = A word of no fixed meaning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | no fixed meaning |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A French word resembling an English one but differing in sense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:35-false-friends:e1:o4:1
# text = A French word resembling an English one but differing in sense
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	resembling	resemble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	differing	differ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resemble** | gerund | a French word *not said here* | a English one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **differ** | gerund | a French word *not said here* |  |  | sense |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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