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description: Identify the historical event which occasioned the entry of a great number of French words into English. Exam question 1 of lesson 36 «English words that came from French» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 1 · English words that came from French

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Identify the historical event which occasioned the entry of a great number of French words into English.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, historical event · **What happens:** identify, occasion, enter · **To what, where:** historical event, entry, great number

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «English words that came from French» 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/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:36-english-words-that-came-from-french:e1:1
# text = Identify the historical event which occasioned the entry of a great number of French words into English.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	historical	historical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 historical event |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 2 | **occasion** | past | the historical event | the entry of a great number of French words into English |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **enter** |  |  | a great number of French words into English |  |  |  |  | nom entry «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 arrival of the Romans in 43 AD

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:36-english-words-that-came-from-french:e1:o1:1
# text = The arrival of the Romans in 43 AD
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrival	arrival	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	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	43	43	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	AD	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** |  | the Romans |  |  | 43 AD |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent in=place |

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

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The rule of England by the Normans after 1066

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:36-english-words-that-came-from-french:e1:o2:1
# text = The rule of England by the Normans after 1066
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Normans	Norman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1066	1066	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** |  | England |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:36-english-words-that-came-from-french:e1:o3:1
# text = The opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994
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	Channel	Channel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Tunnel	Tunnel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1994	1994	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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The invention of printing in 1440

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:36-english-words-that-came-from-french:e1:o4:1
# text = The invention of printing in 1440
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1440	1440	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** |  |  | printing in 1440 |  |  |  |  | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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