--- title: State which of the following nouns constitutes an exception to the g… — Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy o… · tree and pragmatics description: State which of the following nouns constitutes an exception to the general masculine gender of nouns ending in -age. Exam question 3 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 an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl/e3/) [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/) / [Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Le, la, un, une: every word is a boy or a girl State which of the following nouns constitutes an exception to the general masculine gender of nouns ending in -age. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nouns · **What happens:** follow, constitute, end · **To what, where:** State, age This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e3:1 # text = State which of the following nouns constitutes an exception to the general masculine gender of nouns ending in -age. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 nouns noun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 7 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 appos _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 exception exception NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 masculine masculine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 gender gender NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 nouns noun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 17 ending end VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **constitute** | present | | State | | | | of the following nouns | tree rules | | 3 | **end** | gerund | nouns *not said here* | | | | in age | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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} garage ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e3:o1:1 # text = garage 1 garage garage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} voyage ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e3:o2:1 # text = voyage 1 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} fromage ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e3:o3:1 # text = fromage 1 fromage fromage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} plage ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:25-le-la-un-une-every-word-is-a-boy-or-a-girl:e3:o4:1 # text = plage 1 plage plage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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