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title: Harry from Belfast's penpal says "Je kiffe" and he goes, "Wee bit of… — Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★ · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas

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Harry from Belfast's penpal says "Je kiffe" and he goes, "Wee bit of slang, eh, I'll stick it in me French exam." Good idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Harry · **What happens:** say, go, stick · **To what, where:** Je kiffe, Wee bit, kiffe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Harry from Belfast's penpal says "Je kiffe" and he goes, "Wee bit of slang, eh, I'll stick it in me French exam."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t10:1
# text = Harry from Belfast's penpal says "Je kiffe" and he goes, "Wee bit of slang, eh, I'll stick it in me French exam."
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Belfast	Belfast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	penpal	penpal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Je	Je	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	kiffe	kiffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	25	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
23	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	_
29	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Harry from Belfast's penpal | Je kiffe |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kiffe=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | present | Harry | Wee bit of slang |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stick** *in a quote* | future | Harry from Belfast's penpal *= harry* | kiffe |  |  |  | in Harry from Belfast's penpal *= harry*; French exam *obl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in i=Destination |

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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:* Good idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t10:2
# text = Good idea?
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, use j'adore or j'aime in written work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t10:o1:1
# text = No, use j'adore or j'aime in written work
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	j'adore	j'adore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	j'aime	j'aime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | j'adore or j'aime |  | written work |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent j'adore=Patient |
| 2 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, because kiffe means hate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t10:o2:1
# text = No, because kiffe means hate
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	kiffe	kiffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	hate	hate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | kiffe | hate |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hate=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, slang always gets extra marks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, slang always gets extra marks
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | slang | extra marks |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, kiffe is the only word for like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, kiffe is the only word for like
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	kiffe	kiffe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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