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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression of weather conditions in French? Exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Weather and seasons» 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 
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# Exam question 1 · Weather and seasons

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression of weather conditions in French?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** expression

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Weather and seasons» of the French course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/13-weather-and-seasons/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression of weather conditions in French?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the expression of weather conditions in French |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are invariably expressed in English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e1:o1:1
# text = They are invariably expressed in English
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | present · passive |  | They |  | English |  | invariably *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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They are customarily expressed by the construction il fait followed by an adjective

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e1:o2:1
# text = They are customarily expressed by the construction il fait followed by an adjective
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	il	il	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fait	fait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | present · passive | the construction | They |  |  |  | customarily *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fait** | present | expressed il |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | participle | expressed il *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by a adjective | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by adjective=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are customarily expressed by j'ai followed by a noun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e1:o3:1
# text = They are customarily expressed by j'ai followed by a noun
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	j'ai	j'ai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	obl	_	_
7	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | by j'ai; customarily *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a noun | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by noun=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are customarily expressed by the construction il est followed by an adjective

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e1:o4:1
# text = They are customarily expressed by the construction il est followed by an adjective
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	il	il	X	FW	_	9	compound	_	_
9	est	est	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | present · passive | the construction il est | They |  |  |  | customarily *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | participle |  | the construction il est *not said here* |  |  |  | by a adjective | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by adjective=Location |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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