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title: It is given that a person has sneezed in the presence of a child, an… — Tu or vous? Manners in French · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a person has sneezed in the presence of a child, and that the person is an adult not intimately known. Determine the appropriate expression. Exam question 4 of lesson 5 «Tu or vous? Manners in French» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 4 · Tu or vous? Manners in French

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It is given that a person has sneezed in the presence of a child, and that the person is an adult not intimately known. Determine the appropriate expression.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person, you · **What happens:** give, sneeze, be, not know, determine · **To what, where:** It, person, presence, adult, appropriate expression

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a person has sneezed in the presence of a child, and that the person is an adult not intimately known.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e4:1
# text = It is given that a person has sneezed in the presence of a child, and that the person is an adult not intimately known.
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	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sneezed	sneeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
24	intimately	intimately	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **sneeze** | present · perfect · passive |  | a person |  | the presence of a child |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the person | a adult |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **know** | participle · passive |  | a adult |  |  |  | intimately *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the appropriate expression.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e4:2
# text = Determine the appropriate expression.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate expression |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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À tes souhaits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e4:o1:1
# text = À tes souhaits
1	À	à	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tes	te	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	souhaits	souhait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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À vos souhaits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e4:o2:1
# text = À vos souhaits
1	À	À	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	vos	vos	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	souhaits	souhaits	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bon appétit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e4:o3:1
# text = Bon appétit
1	Bon	Bon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	appétit	appétit	PROPN	ADD	_	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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De rien

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french:e4:o4:1
# text = De rien
1	De	De	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	rien	rien	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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

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