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title: ★★ A new adjective, joli, describes une maison. Where does it go and… — Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★ A new adjective, joli, describes une maison. Where does it go and how is it spelled? Test 2 · ★★ 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 rig
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Adjectives: after the noun, and agreeing

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★★ A new adjective, joli, describes une maison. Where does it go and how is it spelled?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, maison · **What happens:** ★, describe, go, spell · **To what, where:** new adjective, une maison, maison

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★ A new adjective, joli, describes une maison.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t2:1
# text = ★★ A new adjective, joli, describes une maison.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	joli	joli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	une	une	X	FW	_	11	compound	_	_
11	maison	maison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **★** | present | ★ | a new adjective and joli |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | une maison |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent maison=Theme |

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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:* Where does it go and how is it spelled?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t2:2
# text = Where does it go and how is it spelled?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · do-support | maison |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **spell** | present · passive |  | maison |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Before, as jolie: une jolie maison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t2:o1:1
# text = Before, as jolie: une jolie maison
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	jolie	jolie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	une	une	X	FW	_	8	compound	_	_
7	jolie	jolie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	maison	maison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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After, as joli: une maison joli

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t2:o2:1
# text = After, as joli: une maison joli
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	joli	joli	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	une	une	X	FW	_	7	compound	_	_
7	maison	maison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	joli	joli	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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After, as jolie: une maison jolie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t2:o3:1
# text = After, as jolie: une maison jolie
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	jolie	jolie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	une	une	X	FW	_	7	compound	_	_
7	maison	maison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	jolie	jolie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Before, as joli: une joli maison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing:t2:o4:1
# text = Before, as joli: une joli maison
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	joli	joli	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	une	une	X	FW	_	7	compound	_	_
7	joli	joli	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	conj	_	_
8	maison	maison	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	flat	_	_
```

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

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