--- title: It is given that a female person, upon an introduction, writes the e… — Hello and goodbye: greetings · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a female person, upon an introduction, writes the expression signifying "pleased to meet you". Determine its correct written form. 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Determine its correct written form. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** introduction, expression, you · **What happens:** give, write, signify, meet, determine, form · **To what, where:** It, expression, you, correct written form This is exam question 4 of lesson 4 «Hello and goodbye: greetings» 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/4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a female person, upon an introduction, writes the expression signifying "pleased to meet you". ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:e4:1 # text = It is given that a female person, upon an introduction, writes the expression signifying "pleased to meet you". 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 introduction introduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 signifying signify VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **write** | present | a introduction *not said here* | the expression | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Theme | | 3 | **signify** | gerund | the expression *not said here* | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **meet** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the expression *not said here* | you | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine its correct written form. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:e4:2 # text = Determine its correct written form. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | introduction's correct written form | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic | | 2 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **form** | | introduction | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Enchantés ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:e4:o1:1 # text = Enchantés 1 Enchantés Enchantés PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Enchanter ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:e4:o2:1 # text = Enchanter 1 Enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Enchantée ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:e4:o3:1 # text = Enchantée 1 Enchantée Enchantée PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Enchanté ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:4-hello-and-goodbye-greetings:e4:o4:1 # text = Enchanté 1 Enchanté Enchanté PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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