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title: Select the rendering most consistent with the notice "Défense de mar… — Olympiad: decoding a short French text… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the rendering most consistent with the notice "Défense de marcher sur la pelouse". Exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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
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# Exam question 3 · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★

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Select the rendering most consistent with the notice "Défense de marcher sur la pelouse".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Défense · **What happens:** select, render, pelouse · **To what, where:** consistent

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e3:1
# text = Select the rendering most consistent with the notice "Défense de marcher sur la pelouse".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rendering	render	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Défense	Défense	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	flat:foreign	_	_
12	marcher	marcher	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	flat:foreign	_	_
13	sur	sur	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	15	compound	_	_
14	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	15	compound	_	_
15	pelouse	pelouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **render** | gerund | you *not said here* | consistent |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme |
| 3 | **pelouse** *in a quote* |  | Défense |  |  |  |  |  | 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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The lawn is to be defended by the public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e3:o1:1
# text = The lawn is to be defended by the public
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	defended	defend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defend** | present · passive | the public | the lawn |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary |

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

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Walking upon the lawn is prohibited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e3:o2:1
# text = Walking upon the lawn is prohibited
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj:pass	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  | the lawn |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon lawn=Trajectory |
| 2 | **prohibit** | present · passive | Walking |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Marching upon the lawn is encouraged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e3:o3:1
# text = Marching upon the lawn is encouraged
1	Marching	march	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj:pass	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	encouraged	encourage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | gerund |  |  |  | the lawn |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon lawn=Trajectory |
| 2 | **encourage** | present · passive | Marching |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The lawn is reserved for military exercises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:e3:o4:1
# text = The lawn is reserved for military exercises
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	exercises	exercise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | present · passive |  | the lawn |  |  |  | for military exercises | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for exercise=Beneficiary |

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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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