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title: ★ Why do French teachers want "je n'aime pas" in tests when kids in… — Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★ Why do French teachers want "je n'aime pas" in tests when kids in the street say "j'aime pas"? Test 6 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 6 · ★ · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas

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★ Why do French teachers want "je n'aime pas" in tests when kids in the street say "j'aime pas"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, French teachers, kids · **What happens:** do, want, say · **To what, where:** je n'aime pas, tests, j'aime pas · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t6:1
# text = ★ Why do French teachers want "je n'aime pas" in tests when kids in the street say "j'aime pas"?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	je	je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	compound	_	_
9	n'aime	n'aime	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	flat:foreign	_	_
10	pas	pa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
15	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
20	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	j'aime	j'aime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	pas	pa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | French teachers | je n'aime pas |  | tests |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pa=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids in the street | j'aime pas |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pa=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Writing keeps ne; talk often drops it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t6:o1:1
# text = Writing keeps ne; talk often drops it
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ne	ne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Writing | ne |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | ne *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drop** | present | Writing *not said here* | ne |  |  |  | often *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Teachers are stricter than the dictionary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t6:o2:1
# text = Teachers are stricter than the dictionary
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	stricter	strict	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Teachers |  |  |  |  | than the dictionary; strict *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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J'aime pas is a different, rude meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t6:o3:1
# text = J'aime pas is a different, rude meaning
1	J'aime	J'aime	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	pas	pas	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	meaning	meaning	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 | J'aime | a different rude meaning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Street French is not real French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:24-likes-and-dislikes:t6:o4:1
# text = Street French is not real French
1	Street	Street	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Street French | real French |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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