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title: Charlie's sister says, "It's swimming stuff, you plum." ("You plum"… — Clothes · tree and pragmatics
description: Charlie's sister says, "It's swimming stuff, you plum." ("You plum" means you silly.) Where would you wear un maillot de bain? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Clothes» 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 w
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# Test 10 · ★ · Clothes

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Charlie's sister says, "It's swimming stuff, you plum." ("You plum" means you silly.) Where would you wear un maillot de bain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, It, you, plum · **What happens:** say, be, plum, mean, wear · **To what, where:** swimming stuff, un maillot · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Clothes» 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/17-clothes/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Charlie's sister says, "It's swimming stuff, you plum."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t10:1
# text = Charlie's sister says, "It's swimming stuff, you plum."
1	Charlie	Charlie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	plum	plum	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Charlie's sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | swimming stuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **plum** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("You plum" means you silly.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t10:2
# text = ("You plum" means you silly.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	plum	plum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plum** *in a quote* |  | You |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | plum |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Where would you wear un maillot de bain?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t10:3
# text = Where would you wear un maillot de bain?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	flat:foreign	_	_
6	maillot	maillot	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	obj	_	_
7	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	flat:foreign	_	_
8	bain	bain	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | would | you | un maillot |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent maillot=Source |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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to post a letter at the post office

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t10:o1:1
# text = to post a letter at the post office
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	post	post	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | to-infinitive |  | a letter |  | the post office |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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at the swimming pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t10:o2:1
# text = at the swimming pool
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
at a wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t10:o3:1
# text = at a wedding
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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in bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t10:o4:1
# text = in bed
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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