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title: Lily says les yeux is "lush but mad". ("Lush" means lovely.) What's… — The body · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily says les yeux is "lush but mad". ("Lush" means lovely.) What's the truth? Test 2 of lesson 16 «The body» 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 right.
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# Test 2 · The body

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Lily says les yeux is "lush but mad". ("Lush" means lovely.) What's the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily, les yeux, Lush, truth · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 16 «The body» 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/16-the-body/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily says les yeux is "lush but mad".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t2:1
# text = Lily says les yeux is "lush but mad".
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	les	les	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	compound	_	_
4	yeux	yeux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	lush	lush	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | les yeux |  |  |  |  | lush *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* |  | les yeux *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* ("Lush" means lovely.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t2:2
# text = ("Lush" means lovely.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Lush	Lush	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Lush |  |  |  |  | lovely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t2:3
# text = What's the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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œil has a totally different plural: yeux

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t2:o1:1
# text = œil has a totally different plural: yeux
1	œil	œil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plural	plural	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	yeux	yeux	NOUN	NN	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | œil | a different plural |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plural=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeux means one eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t2:o2:1
# text = yeux means one eye
1	yeux	yeux	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | yeux | one eye |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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œil adds -s like every word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t2:o3:1
# text = œil adds -s like every word
1	œil	œil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	-s	-	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | œil | -s |  |  |  | like every word | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent -=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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les yeux means the ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:16-the-body:t2:o4:1
# text = les yeux means the ears
1	les	les	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	nsubj	_	_
2	yeux	yeux	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	means	mean	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	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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

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