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title: Select the expression denoting the most intense degree of approval u… — Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the expression denoting the most intense degree of approval upon the conventional scale of preference. Exam question 2 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 op
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# Exam question 2 · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas

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Select the expression denoting the most intense degree of approval upon the conventional scale of preference.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, expression · **What happens:** select, denote · **To what, where:** expression, intense degree

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e2:1
# text = Select the expression denoting the most intense degree of approval upon the conventional scale of preference.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	denoting	denote	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	intense	intense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	conventional	conventional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	preference	preference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the expression |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expression=Theme |
| 2 | **denote** | gerund | the expression *not said here* | the intense degree of approval |  |  |  | upon the conventional scale of preference | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot degree=Topic |

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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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J'aime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e2:o1:1
# text = J'aime
1	J'aime	J'aime	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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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J'adore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e2:o2:1
# text = J'adore
1	J'adore	J'adore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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J'aime bien

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e2:o3:1
# text = J'aime bien
1	J'aime	J'aime	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	bien	Bien	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:e2:o4:1
# text = Bof
1	Bof	Bof	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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