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title: Ethan from Toronto says, "Eh, I'll say C'est un gâteau très bon." (e… — Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan from Toronto says, "Eh, I'll say C'est un gâteau très bon." (eh = right?) What's the more natural French? Test 10 · ★★ 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 opti
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing

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Ethan from Toronto says, "Eh, I'll say C'est un gâteau très bon." (eh = right?) What's the more natural French?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ethan, natural French · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** C'est · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing» 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/27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan from Toronto says, "Eh, I'll say C'est un gâteau très bon."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t10:1
# text = Ethan from Toronto says, "Eh, I'll say C'est un gâteau très bon."
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
12	C'est	C'est	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	flat:foreign	_	_
14	gâteau	gâteau	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	flat:foreign	_	_
15	très	très	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	flat:foreign	_	_
16	bon	bon	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ethan from Toronto |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | Ethan from Toronto *= ethan* | C'est |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent c'est=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (eh = right?)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t10:2
# text = (eh = right?)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	eh	eh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	=	=	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What's the more natural French?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t10:3
# text = What's the more natural French?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the natural French |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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C'est très un bon gâteau

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t10:o1:1
# text = C'est très un bon gâteau
1	C'est	C'est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	dep	_	_
2	très	très	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	bon	bon	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	gâteau	gâteau	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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C'est un bon gâteau très

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t10:o2:1
# text = C'est un bon gâteau très
1	C'est	C'est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	_
2	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	_
3	bon	bon	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
4	gâteau	gâteau	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	_
5	très	très	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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C'est un gâteau bon très

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t10:o3:1
# text = C'est un gâteau bon très
1	C'est	C'est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	gâteau	gâteau	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	bon	bon	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	très	très	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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C'est un très bon gâteau

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t10:o4:1
# text = C'est un très bon gâteau
1	C'est	C'est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	dep	_	_
2	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	très	très	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	bon	bon	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
5	gâteau	gâteau	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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