--- title: ★ Kai from Auckland writes "Je n'ai pas des frères." His mate says,… — Plurals: les, des and silent s · tree and pragmatics description: ★ Kai from Auckland writes "Je n'ai pas des frères." His mate says, "Yeah nah, sounds sweet as." (yeah nah = no) Fix it. Test 9 · ★ 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](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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Plurals: les, des and silent s ★ Kai from Auckland writes "Je n'ai pas des frères." His mate says, "Yeah nah, sounds sweet as." (yeah nah = no) Fix it. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Je, mate, you · **What happens:** write, frère, say, sound, fix · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 26 «Plurals: les, des and silent s» 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/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★ Kai from Auckland writes "Je n'ai pas des frères." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:t9:1 # text = ★ Kai from Auckland writes "Je n'ai pas des frères." 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Auckland Auckland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 11 nsubj _ _ 8 n'ai n'ai X FW Foreign=Yes 7 flat:foreign _ _ 9 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 7 flat:foreign _ _ 10 des des X FW _ 7 flat:foreign _ _ 11 frères frère NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present | ★ from Auckland | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **frère** *in a quote* | | Je | | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* His mate says, "Yeah nah, sounds sweet as." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:t9:2 # text = His mate says, "Yeah nah, sounds sweet as." 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 7 nah nah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Je's mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | sweet *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | *Sentence 3:* (yeah nah = no) Fix it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:t9:3 # text = (yeah nah = no) Fix it. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 3 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 4 = = SYM SYM _ 7 punct _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 7 Fix fix VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Je n'ai pas les frères ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:t9:o1:1 # text = Je n'ai pas les frères 1 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 n'ai n'ai X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 4 les les X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 5 frères frères X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Je n'ai pas de frères ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:t9:o2:1 # text = Je n'ai pas de frères 1 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 5 nsubj _ _ 2 n'ai n'ai X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 4 de de X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 5 frères frère NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Je n'ai pas des frère ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:t9:o3:1 # text = Je n'ai pas des frère 1 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ 2 n'ai n'ai X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 pas pas X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 4 des des X FW _ 1 flat:foreign _ _ 5 frère frère X FW _ 1 flat:foreign _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Je n'ai des frères pas ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s:t9:o4:1 # text = Je n'ai des frères pas 1 Je Je X FW Foreign=Yes 5 compound _ _ 2 n'ai n'ai X FW Foreign=Yes 1 flat:foreign _ _ 3 des des X FW _ 1 flat:foreign _ _ 4 frères frère NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 compound _ _ 5 pas pa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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