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Test 5 · ★ · Food and drink

Lily says, "Bare letters squeezing together." ("Bare" means lots of.) Why l'eau?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, Bare letters, Bare · What happens: say, squeeze, mean · To what, where: lots · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 18 «Food and drink» 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: Lily says, "Bare letters squeezing together."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 squeezing	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 squeezing	punct
5	Bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 letters	amod
6	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 squeezing	nsubj
7	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 says	ccomp
8	together	together	ADV	_	7 squeezing	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 squeezing	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 squeezing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Lily						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	squeeze in a quote	gerund	Bare letters					together property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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: ("Bare" means lots of.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bare	punct
3	Bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bare	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 means	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 lots	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Bare	lots					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic

Sentence 3: Why l'eau?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	l'eau	l'eau	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1

The apostrophe means "some"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 apostrophe	det
2	apostrophe	apostrophe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 some	punct
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 means	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 some	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the apostrophe	some					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

French drops the e of le before any word with three letters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 drops	nsubj
2	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 e	det
4	e	e	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drops	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 le	case
6	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 e	nmod
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 word	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drops	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 letters	case
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 letters	nummod
12	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present	French	the e of le		any word		with three letters	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent e=Theme before word=Destination

Option 3

eau is a feminine word with no vowel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	eau	eau	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	feminine	feminine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 vowel	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 vowel	det
8	vowel	vowel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	eau	a feminine word				with no vowel	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

le and la lose their vowel before a vowel sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	le	le	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lose	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 la	cc
3	la	la	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 le	conj
4	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 vowel	nmod:poss
6	vowel	vowel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lose	obj
7	before	before	ADP	_	10 sound	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sound	det
9	vowel	vowel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sound	compound
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	le and la	le's vowel			before a vowel sound		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vowel=Eventuality

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