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title: Ascertain the feminine form of the adjective "beau". — Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the feminine form of the adjective "beau". Exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing» 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 4 · Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing

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Ascertain the feminine form of the adjective "beau".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, form · **To what, where:** feminine form, adjective

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing» 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/27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the feminine form of the adjective "beau".
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	feminine	feminine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	beau	beau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the feminine form of the adjective |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | the adjective |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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belle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:e4:o1:1
# text = belle
1	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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beaue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:e4:o2:1
# text = beaue
1	beaue	beaue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:e4:o3:1
# text = bel
1	bel	bel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
beaux

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:e4:o4:1
# text = beaux
1	beaux	beaux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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