--- title: Identify the meaning, in the French language, of the noun pain. — Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the meaning, in the French language, of the noun pain. Exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u Identify the meaning, in the French language, of the noun pain. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** meaning, French language This is exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Funny French sounds: nasal vowels, the French r and u» 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/2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e2:1 # text = Identify the meaning, in the French language, of the noun pain. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning | | the French language | | of the noun pain | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme | 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} Physical suffering ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e2:o1:1 # text = Physical suffering 1 Physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 suffering suffering NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A substance for painting ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e2:o2:1 # text = A substance for painting 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 painting painting NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e2:o3:1 # text = Bread 1 Bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A sheet of glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:2-funny-french-sounds-nasal-vowels-the-french-r-and-u:e2:o4:1 # text = A sheet of glass 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sheet sheet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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