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title: Lily says, "Bare letters squeezing together." ("Bare" means lots of.… — Food and drink · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily says, "Bare letters squeezing together." ("Bare" means lots of.) Why l'eau? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 18 «Food and drink» 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 5 · ★ · Food and drink

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/french/18-food-and-drink/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily says, "Bare letters squeezing together."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:18-food-and-drink:t5:1
# text = Lily says, "Bare letters squeezing together."
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **squeeze** *in a quote* | gerund | Bare letters |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* ("Bare" means lots of.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:18-food-and-drink:t5:2
# text = ("Bare" means lots of.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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*Sentence 3:* Why l'eau?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:18-food-and-drink:t5:3
# text = Why l'eau?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	l'eau	l'eau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The apostrophe means "some"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:18-food-and-drink:t5:o1:1
# text = The apostrophe means "some"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	apostrophe	apostrophe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:18-food-and-drink:t5:o2:1
# text = French drops the e of le before any word with three letters
1	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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eau is a feminine word with no vowel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:18-food-and-drink:t5:o3:1
# text = eau is a feminine word with no vowel
1	eau	eau	NOUN	NN	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	feminine	feminine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	vowel	vowel	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 | eau | a feminine word |  |  |  | with no vowel | tree rules |

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

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le and la lose their vowel before a vowel sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:18-food-and-drink:t5:o4:1
# text = le and la lose their vowel before a vowel sound
1	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	la	la	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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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