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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Tu or vous? Manners in French · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of the pronoun vous? Exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Tu or vous? Manners in French» 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 · Tu or vous? Manners in French

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of the pronoun vous?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** use

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Tu or vous? Manners in 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/5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of the pronoun vous?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pronoun	pronoun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	vous	vous	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 |  | the use and the pronoun |  |  |  | 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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It is considered discourteous in all circumstances and must be avoided entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e1:o1:1
# text = It is considered discourteous in all circumstances and must be avoided entirely
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	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	avoided	avoid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | present · passive |  | It |  | all circumstances |  | discourteous *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **avoid** | must · passive |  |  |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING» |

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

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It is employed towards adults not intimately known and towards any group of persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e1:o2:1
# text = It is employed towards adults not intimately known and towards any group of persons
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	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	intimately	intimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | towards adults | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | intimately *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is employed solely towards animals and young children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e1:o3:1
# text = It is employed solely towards animals and young children
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	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | towards animals and young children; solely *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is employed exclusively among close friends of equal age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e1:o4:1
# text = It is employed exclusively among close friends of equal age
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	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | among close friends of equal age; exclusively *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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