--- title: A cartoon cat says "Je déteste les souris !" Where is it on the ladd… — Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime… · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon cat says "Je déteste les souris !" Where is it on the ladder? Test 5 · ★ 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. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas A cartoon cat says "Je déteste les souris !" Where is it on the ladder? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon cat, it · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** ladder · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon cat says "Je déteste les souris !" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t5:1 # text = A cartoon cat says "Je déteste les souris !" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 4 dep _ _ 7 déteste déteste X FW Foreign=Yes 6 flat:foreign _ _ 8 les les X FW Foreign=Yes 6 flat:foreign _ _ 9 souris souris X FW Foreign=Yes 6 flat:foreign _ _ 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Where is it on the ladder? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t5:2 # text = Where is it on the ladder? 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | the ladder | | where *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} At the top: it loves mice ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t5:o1:1 # text = At the top: it loves mice 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | top | mice | | the top | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} In the middle: it quite likes mice ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t5:o2:1 # text = In the middle: it quite likes mice 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 quite quite ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | middle | mice | | the middle | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mouse=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It prefers mice to fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t5:o3:1 # text = It prefers mice to fish 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 prefers prefer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prefer** | present | It | mice | | | | to fish | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} At the bottom: it hates mice ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t5:o4:1 # text = At the bottom: it hates mice 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hates hate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | bottom | mice | | the bottom | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouse=Stimulus | **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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