--- title: Identify the correct negative form of the statement "J'aime les chie… — Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the correct negative form of the statement "J'aime les chiens" in written French. Exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/24-likes-and-dislikes/e1/) [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/) / [Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/24-likes-and-dislikes/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas Identify the correct negative form of the statement "J'aime les chiens" in written French. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, write, form · **To what, where:** correct negative form, written French, statement This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas» 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/24-likes-and-dislikes/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e1:1 # text = Identify the correct negative form of the statement "J'aime les chiens" in written French. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 negative negative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 J'aime J'aime PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 les le NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 flat:foreign _ _ 12 chiens chien NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct negative form of the statement | | written French | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 2 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **form** | | | the statement | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} Je ne aime pas les chiens ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e1:o1:1 # text = Je ne aime pas les chiens 1 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 3 dep _ _ 2 ne ne X FW Foreign=Yes 3 compound _ _ 3 aime aime NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 3 dep _ _ 5 les les X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ _ 6 chiens chiens X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} J'aime pas les chiens ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e1:o2:1 # text = J'aime pas les chiens 1 J'aime J'aime X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 les les X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 4 chiens chiens X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Je n'aime pas les chiens ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e1:o3:1 # text = Je n'aime pas les chiens 1 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 n'aime n'aime X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 4 les les X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 5 chiens chiens X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Je aime ne pas les chiens ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e1:o4:1 # text = Je aime ne pas les chiens 1 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 aime aime X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 ne ne X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 4 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 5 les les X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 6 chiens chiens X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` 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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