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description: Determine the form assumed by the article des subsequent to the negative particle pas. Exam question 3 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 right.
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# Exam question 3 · Plurals: les, des and silent s

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Determine the form assumed by the article des subsequent to the negative particle pas.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, form · **What happens:** determine, assume, de · **To what, where:** form

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e3:1
# text = Determine the form assumed by the article des subsequent to the negative particle pas.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	assumed	assume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	des	de	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
9	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	negative	negative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	particle	particle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	pas	pa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **assume** | participle |  | the form *not said here* |  |  |  | by the article | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **de** | present | the form |  |  |  |  | subsequent *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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de

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e3:o1:1
# text = de
1	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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les

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e3:o2:1
# 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 3 {#o3}

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aucun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e3:o3:1
# text = aucun
1	aucun	aucun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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des

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:e3:o4:1
# text = des
1	des	des	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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