                     :discrete false}}}
     {:unify [essere-common essere-aux-subject-agreement]
      :notes "essere-aux"
-     :synsem {:aux true}
+     :synsem {:aux true
+              :infl :present}
      :italiano {:notes "essere-aux"}}])
 
  "evitare"  {:synsem {:cat :verb

    ;; 1. subject that is the same as the subject of 2.
    ;; 2. an intransitive verb.
    {:unify [avere-common]
     :note "avere(aux): takes intrans"
     :synsem {:aux true
              :subcat {:2 {:sem {:reflexive false
                                 :tense :past
                                 :aspect :simple}

                          ;; but is expected to reduce fails during generation.
                          :subcat {:2 '()}}}}}
    {:unify [avere-common]
     :note "avere(aux): takes intrans (infl=imperfect)"
     :synsem {:aux true
              :infl :imperfect
              :subcat {:2 {:sem {:reflexive false
                                 :tense :past
                                 :aspect :perfect}
