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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the prepositions employed with the seasons. Exam question 3 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 3 · Weather and seasons

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the prepositions employed with the seasons.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, employ · **To what, where:** response, prepositions

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the prepositions employed with the seasons.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	prepositions	preposition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the prepositions |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus preposition=Experiencer |
| 4 | **employ** | participle |  | the prepositions *not said here* |  |  | season |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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En precedes all four seasons without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e3:o1:1
# text = En precedes all four seasons without exception
1	En	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precede** | present | En |  |  |  | season | without exception | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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

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En precedes été, automne and hiver, whereas au precedes printemps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e3:o2:1
# text = En precedes été, automne and hiver, whereas au precedes printemps
1	En	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	été	été	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	automne	automne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hiver	hiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	printemps	printemp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precede** | present | En | été and automne and hiver |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme été=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **precede** | present | au | printemps |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme printemp=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dans precedes été and hiver, whereas à precedes printemps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e3:o3:1
# text = Dans precedes été and hiver, whereas à precedes printemps
1	Dans	dan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	été	été	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	hiver	hiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	whereas	wherea	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	à	à	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	printemps	printemp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precede** | present | Dans | été and hiver |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme été=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **wherea** | present | Dans *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **precede** | present | à | printemps |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme printemp=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Au precedes all four seasons without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e3:o4:1
# text = Au precedes all four seasons without exception
1	Au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **precede** | present | Au |  |  |  | season | without exception | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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