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title: Your mate goes, "Je ne aime pas sounds fine, bruv, don't be extra."… — Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate goes, "Je ne aime pas sounds fine, bruv, don't be extra." What's the rule? Test 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 was wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas

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Your mate goes, "Je ne aime pas sounds fine, bruv, don't be extra." What's the rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Je, rule · **What happens:** go, sound, do, not be, be · **To what, where:** bruv

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas» of the French course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "Je ne aime pas sounds fine, bruv, don't be extra."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t1:1
# text = Your mate goes, "Je ne aime pas sounds fine, bruv, don't be extra."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	nsubj	_	_
7	ne	ne	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	flat:foreign	_	_
8	aime	aime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	pas	pas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
18	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | Je | bruv |  |  |  | fine *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | Your mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | extra *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t1:2
# text = What's the rule?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the rule |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It should be je aime ne pas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t1:o1:1
# text = It should be je aime ne pas
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	nsubj	_	_
5	aime	aime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	ne	ne	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	dep	_	_
7	pas	pas	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should | It |  |  |  |  | aime *property* | tree rules |

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

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Before a vowel ne becomes n': je n'aime pas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t1:o2:1
# text = Before a vowel ne becomes n': je n'aime pas
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ne	ne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	xcomp	_	_
10	n'aime	n'aime	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	flat:foreign	_	_
11	pas	pas	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | a vowel ne | n |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You drop pas before a vowel: je n'aime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t1:o3:1
# text = You drop pas before a vowel: je n'aime
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drop	drop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pas	pa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	compound	_	_
9	n'aime	n'aime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | You | pas |  | a vowel |  | je n'aime *obl* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pa=Theme before vowel=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Je ne aime pas is the polite form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t1:o4:1
# text = Je ne aime pas is the polite form
1	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	dep	_	_
2	ne	ne	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	aime	aime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	pas	pas	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	dep	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | aime | the polite form |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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