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title: It's chucking it down in Manchester ("chucking it down" means rainin… — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: It's chucking it down in Manchester ("chucking it down" means raining hard) and Ellie says "Il est rain." The class laughs. What should she say? Test 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
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# Test 1 · ★ · Weather and seasons

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It's chucking it down in Manchester ("chucking it down" means raining hard) and Ellie says "Il est rain." The class laughs. What should she say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** It, Ellie, class · **What happens:** chuck down, mean, rain, say, laugh · **To what, where:** it, Manchester, Il rain · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 13 «Weather and seasons» 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/13-weather-and-seasons/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It's chucking it down in Manchester ("chucking it down" means raining hard) and Ellie says "Il est rain."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t1:1
# text = It's chucking it down in Manchester ("chucking it down" means raining hard) and Ellie says "Il est rain."
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	chucking	chuck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	nsubj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	chucking	chuck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
14	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	_
16	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Il	Il	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
23	est	EST	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	_
24	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck down** | present · progressive | It | it |  | Manchester |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in manchester=Destination |
| 2 | **chuck down** *in a quote* | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **rain** *not said to happen* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellie | Il rain |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent rain=Topic |

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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:* The class laughs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t1:2
# text = The class laughs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | the class |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What should she say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t1:3
# text = What should she say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | class |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Il pleut.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t1:o1:1
# text = Il pleut.
1	Il	Il	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	pleut	pleut	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Il fait pluie.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t1:o2:1
# text = Il fait pluie.
1	Il	Il	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fait	fait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pluie	pluie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fait** | present | Il | pluie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Il y a pleut.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t1:o3:1
# text = Il y a pleut.
1	Il	Il	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	y	y	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pleut	pleut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **y** | past | Il | a pleut |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Il est pleut.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t1:o4:1
# text = Il est pleut.
1	Il	Il	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	0	root	_	_
2	est	est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	pleut	pleut	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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