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description: Identify the article appropriate to the noun "personne" where the person referred to is male. Exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 2 · Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl

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Identify the article appropriate to the noun "personne" where the person referred to is male.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, refer, be · **To what, where:** article, person

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl» of the French course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e2:1
# text = Identify the article appropriate to the noun "personne" where the person referred to is male.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	personne	personne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
14	referred	refer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	xcomp	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the article |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent article=Theme |
| 2 | **refer** | participle |  | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | the person |  |  |  |  | male *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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l'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e2:o1:1
# text = l'
1	l	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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le

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e2:o2:1
# text = le
1	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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les

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e2:o3:1
# text = les
1	les	les	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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la

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e2:o4:1
# text = la
1	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
```

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

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