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title: Ava from Ohio says broccoli is "mid" and her teacher asks "Pourquoi… — Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ava from Ohio says broccoli is "mid" and her teacher asks "Pourquoi ?" (mid = average, nothing special) Which answer is the closest French? Test 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 th
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# Test 2 · ★ · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas

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Ava from Ohio says broccoli is "mid" and her teacher asks "Pourquoi ?" (mid = average, nothing special) Which answer is the closest French?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ava, broccoli, teacher, answer · **What happens:** say, be, ask · **To what, where:** Pourquoi, closest French · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ava from Ohio says broccoli is "mid" and her teacher asks "Pourquoi ?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t2:1
# text = Ava from Ohio says broccoli is "mid" and her teacher asks "Pourquoi ?"
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Ohio	Ohio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	broccoli	broccoli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Pourquoi	Pourquoi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	obj	_	_
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	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 | Ava from Ohio |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | broccoli |  |  |  |  | mid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Ava's teacher | Pourquoi |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pourquoi=Recipient |

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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:* (mid = average, nothing special) Which answer is the closest French?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t2:2
# text = (mid = average, nothing special) Which answer is the closest French?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mid	mid	X	AFX	_	4	compound	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	2	punct	_	_
4	average	average	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
7	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
9	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
10	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Parce que c'est bof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t2:o1:1
# text = Parce que c'est bof
1	Parce	Parce	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	que	que	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	c'est	c'est	PRON	PRP	_	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bof	bof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Parce que c'est trop bien

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t2:o2:1
# text = Parce que c'est trop bien
1	Parce	Parce	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	que	que	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	c'est	c'est	PRON	PRP	_	2	appos	_	_
4	trop	trop	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bien	bien	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Parce que c'est délicieux

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t2:o3:1
# text = Parce que c'est délicieux
1	Parce	Parce	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	que	que	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	c'est	c'est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	dep	_	_
4	délicieux	délicieux	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Parce que c'est génial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t2:o4:1
# text = Parce que c'est génial
1	Parce	Parce	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	que	que	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	c'est	c'est	PRON	PRP	_	4	nsubj	_	_
4	génial	génial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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