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title: It is given that the temperature in France is reported as vingt degr… — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the temperature in France is reported as vingt degrés. Determine the most accurate characterisation of the conditions. Exam question 4 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 eac
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# Exam question 4 · Weather and seasons

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It is given that the temperature in France is reported as vingt degrés. Determine the most accurate characterisation of the conditions.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, report, determine, characterise · **To what, where:** It, temperature, accurate characterisation, conditions

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the temperature in France is reported as vingt degrés.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e4:1
# text = It is given that the temperature in France is reported as vingt degrés.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	vingt	vingt	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	degrés	degré	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **report** | present · passive |  | the temperature in France |  |  |  | as vingt degrés | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as degré=Attribute |

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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:* Determine the most accurate characterisation of the conditions.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e4:2
# text = Determine the most accurate characterisation of the conditions.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the accurate characterisation of the conditions |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic |
| 2 | **characterise** |  |  | the conditions |  |  |  |  | nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mild cold, twenty degrees Fahrenheit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e4:o1:1
# text = Mild cold, twenty degrees Fahrenheit
1	Mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	Fahrenheit	Fahrenheit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Extreme heat, twenty degrees above boiling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e4:o2:1
# text = Extreme heat, twenty degrees above boiling
1	Extreme	extreme	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	boiling	boiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Warm, approximately sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e4:o3:1
# text = Warm, approximately sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	Fahrenheit	Fahrenheit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Severe frost, twenty degrees below zero

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:e4:o4:1
# text = Severe frost, twenty degrees below zero
1	Severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	below	below	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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