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Test 1 · ★ · Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas

Your mate goes, "Je ne aime pas sounds fine, bruv, don't be extra." What's the rule?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Je, rule · What happens: go, sound, do, not be, be · To what, where: bruv

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Likes and dislikes: j'aime, je n'aime pas» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Your mate goes, "Je ne aime pas sounds fine, bruv, don't be extra."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctnsubjflat:foreigncompoundobjconjxcomppunctoblpunctconjadvmodcopobjpunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUNgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTJeXneXaimeNOUNpasNOUNsoundsVERBfineADJ,PUNCTbruvNOUN,PUNCTdoVERBn'tPARTbeAUXextraADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 goesnsubj
3goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_10 soundspunct
5""PUNCT_6 Jepunct
6JeJeXForeign=Yes10 soundsnsubj
7neneXForeign=Yes6 Jeflat:foreign
8aimeaimeNOUNNumber=Sing9 pascompound
9paspasNOUNNumber=Sing6 Jeobj
10soundssoundVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 goesconj
11finefineADJDegree=Pos10 soundsxcomp
12,,PUNCT_13 bruvpunct
13bruvbruvNOUNNumber=Sing10 soundsobl
14,,PUNCT_3 goespunct
15dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf3 goesconj
16n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg18 extraadvmod
17bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf18 extracop
18extraextraADJDegree=Pos15 doobj
19..PUNCT_3 goespunct
20""PUNCT_3 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentYour matevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2sound in a quotepresentJebruvfine propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3do in a quoteinfinitiveYour mate not said herevn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4not is in a quoteinfinitiveextra propertytree 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.

Sentence 2: What's the rule?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETruleNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 ruledet
4ruleruleNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe ruletree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It should be je aime ne pas

nsubjauxcopnsubjdepflat:foreignrootItPRONshouldAUXbeAUXjeXaimeADJneXpasX
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 aimensubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 aimeaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 aimecop
4jejeXForeign=Yes5 aimensubj
5aimeaimeADJDegree=Posrootroot
6neneXForeign=Yes5 aimedep
7paspasXForeign=Yes6 neflat:foreign
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1isshouldItaime propertytree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Before a vowel ne becomes n': je n'aime pas

casedetcompoundnsubjxcomppunctpunctxcompflat:foreignflat:foreignrootBeforeADPaDETvowelNOUNneNOUNbecomesVERBnNOUN'PUNCT:PUNCTjeXn'aimeXpasX
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BeforebeforeADP_4 necase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 nedet
3vowelvowelNOUNNumber=Sing4 necompound
4neneNOUNNumber=Sing5 becomesnsubj
5becomesbecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6nnNOUNNumber=Sing5 becomesxcomp
7''PUNCT_6 npunct
8::PUNCT_9 jepunct
9jejeXForeign=Yes5 becomesxcomp
10n'aimen'aimeXForeign=Yes9 jeflat:foreign
11paspasXForeign=Yes9 jeflat:foreign
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1becomepresenta vowel nenvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

You drop pas before a vowel: je n'aime

nsubjobjcasedetoblpunctcompoundoblrootYouPRONdropVERBpasNOUNbeforeADPaDETvowelNOUN:PUNCTjeXn'aimeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 dropnsubj
2dropdropVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3paspaNOUNNumber=Plur2 dropobj
4beforebeforeADP_6 vowelcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 voweldet
6vowelvowelNOUNNumber=Sing2 dropobl
7::PUNCT_9 n'aimepunct
8jejeXForeign=Yes9 n'aimecompound
9n'aimen'aimeNOUNNumber=Sing2 dropobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1droppresentYoupasa vowelje n'aime oblvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pa=Theme before vowel=Destination

Option 4

Je ne aime pas is the polite form

depflat:foreignnsubjdepcopdetamodrootJeXneXaimeNOUNpasXisAUXtheDETpoliteADJformNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JeJeXForeign=Yes3 aimedep
2neneXForeign=Yes1 Jeflat:foreign
3aimeaimeNOUNNumber=Sing8 formnsubj
4paspasXForeign=Yes3 aimedep
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 formcop
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 formdet
7politepoliteADJDegree=Pos8 formamod
8formformNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentaimethe polite formtree rules

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