--- title: Select the reason for which the adjective in "une souris verte" bear… — Songs and rhymes · tree and pragmatics description: Select the reason for which the adjective in "une souris verte" bears a final e. Exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Songs and rhymes» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/31-songs-and-rhymes/e3/) [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/) / [Songs and rhymes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/31-songs-and-rhymes/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Songs and rhymes Select the reason for which the adjective in "une souris verte" bears a final e. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select · **To what, where:** reason This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Songs and rhymes» 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/31-songs-and-rhymes/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:e3:1 # text = Select the reason for which the adjective in "une souris verte" bears a final e. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 14 det _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 adjective adjective NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 une une X FW _ 12 flat:foreign _ _ 11 souris souris X FW Foreign=Yes 12 compound _ _ 12 verte verte X FW Foreign=Yes 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 e. 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PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason which adjective bears | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The adjective precedes the noun ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:e3:o1:1 # text = The adjective precedes the noun 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 adjective adjective NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 precedes precede VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **precede** | present | the adjective | the noun | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme noun=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The noun souris is feminine ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:e3:o2:1 # text = The noun souris is feminine 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 souris souris NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 feminine feminine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the noun souris | | | | | feminine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The noun souris is plural ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:e3:o3:1 # text = The noun souris is plural 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 souris souris NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 plural plural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the noun souris | | | | | plural *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The mouse is very green ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:e3:o4:1 # text = The mouse is very green 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the mouse | | | | | green *property* | tree rules | **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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