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title: Leo says, "That's two letters for one mistake, tamping." ("Tamping"… — Clothes · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo says, "That's two letters for one mistake, tamping." ("Tamping" means fuming.) Why both e and s on noires? Test 8 · ★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Clothes

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Leo says, "That's two letters for one mistake, tamping." ("Tamping" means fuming.) Why both e and s on noires?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, That, Tamping · **What happens:** say, be, mean, fume · **To what, where:** two letters · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo says, "That's two letters for one mistake, tamping."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t8:1
# text = Leo says, "That's two letters for one mistake, tamping."
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	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 | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | two letters |  |  |  | for one mistake and tamping | 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:* ("Tamping" means fuming.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t8:2
# text = ("Tamping" means fuming.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	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	fuming	fume	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	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 | Tamping |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fume** *not said to happen* | gerund | Tamping *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 3:* Why both e and s on noires?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t8:3
# text = Why both e and s on noires?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	s	s	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	noires	noire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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French always adds es to colours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t8:o1:1
# text = French always adds es to colours
1	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	es	e	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | French | es |  |  |  | to colours; always *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent e=Patient to colour=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The teacher added letters to be fussy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t8:o2:1
# text = The teacher added letters to be fussy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	fussy	fussy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | the teacher | letters |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | the teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fussy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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noires is a different colour from noir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t8:o3:1
# text = noires is a different colour from noir
1	noires	noires	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	noir	noir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | noires | a different colour |  | noir |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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chaussures is feminine and plural

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t8:o4:1
# text = chaussures is feminine and plural
1	chaussures	chaussure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	feminine	feminine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	plural	plural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | chaussures |  |  |  |  | feminine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | chaussures *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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