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title: Identify the noun ending in -té which constitutes an exception to th… — Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the noun ending in -té which constitutes an exception to the general feminine gender of such nouns. Exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★

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Identify the noun ending in -té which constitutes an exception to the general feminine gender of such nouns.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, noun, té · **What happens:** identify, end, constitute · **To what, where:** noun, té, exception

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 38 «Olympiad: gender-pattern puzzles ★★★» 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/38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:e2:1
# text = Identify the noun ending in -té which constitutes an exception to the general feminine gender of such nouns.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	ending	end	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	té	té	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	feminine	feminine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	gender	gender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	nouns	noun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the noun |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent noun=Theme |
| 2 | **end** | gerund | the noun *not said here* |  |  | té |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **constitute** | present | té | a exception |  |  |  | to the general feminine gender of such nouns | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exception=Pivot |

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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 {#o1}

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liberté

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:e2:o1:1
# text = liberté
1	liberté	liberté	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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santé

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:e2:o2:1
# text = santé
1	santé	santé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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beauté

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:e2:o3:1
# text = beauté
1	beauté	beauté	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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été

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:38-olympiad-gender-pattern-puzzles:e2:o4:1
# text = été
1	été	été	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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