--- title: Ascertain the plural form corresponding to the singular noun "œil". — Plurals: les, des and silent s · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the plural form corresponding to the singular noun "œil". Exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Plurals: les, des and silent s» 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/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/e2/) [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/) / [Plurals: les, des and silent s](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Plurals: les, des and silent s Ascertain the plural form corresponding to the singular noun "œil". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, plural form · **What happens:** ascertain, correspond · **To what, where:** plural form This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Plurals: les, des and silent s» 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/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the plural form corresponding to the singular noun "œil". 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 plural plural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 corresponding correspond VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 singular singular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 œil œil NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the plural form | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic | | 2 | **correspond** | gerund | the plural form *not said here* | | | | | to the singular noun | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} œils ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e2:o1:1 # text = œils 1 œils œil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} œiles ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e2:o2:1 # text = œiles 1 œiles œile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} œilx ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e2:o3:1 # text = œilx 1 œilx œilx NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeux ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e2:o4:1 # text = yeux 1 yeux yeux 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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Plurals: les, des and silent s, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/e1/) - next →: [Plurals: les, des and silent s, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/e3/) - ↑ back to [Plurals: les, des and silent s](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/)