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title: Aisha says "Il est chaud" about the weather. Her teacher says, "Clos… — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Aisha says "Il est chaud" about the weather. Her teacher says, "Close, but..." What's the rule? Test 2 · ★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Weather and seasons

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Aisha says "Il est chaud" about the weather. Her teacher says, "Close, but..." What's the rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aisha, teacher, rule · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aisha says "Il est chaud" about the weather.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t2:1
# text = Aisha says "Il est chaud" about the weather.
1	Aisha	Aisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Il	Il	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	est	EST	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chaud	chaud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Aisha |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Her teacher says, "Close, but..."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t2:2
# text = Her teacher says, "Close, but..."
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Aisha's teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t2:3
# text = What's the rule?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the rule |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Weather uses j'ai: j'ai chaud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t2:o1:1
# text = Weather uses j'ai: j'ai chaud
1	Weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	j'ai	j'ai	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	j'ai	j'ai	X	FW	_	6	compound	_	_
6	chaud	chaud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Weather | j'ai |  |  |  | j'ai chaud *obl* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent j'ai=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Weather uses il y a: il y a chaud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t2:o2:1
# text = Weather uses il y a: il y a chaud
1	Weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	il	IL	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	y	y	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	il	IL	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	y	y	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	chaud	chaud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Weather |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **y** | past | il |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **y** | past | il | a chaud |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Weather uses c'est: c'est chaud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t2:o3:1
# text = Weather uses c'est: c'est chaud
1	Weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	c'est	c'est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	c'est	c'est	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	compound	_	_
6	chaud	chaud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Weather | c'est |  |  |  | c'est chaud *obl* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent c'est=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Weather uses il fait: il fait chaud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t2:o4:1
# text = Weather uses il fait: il fait chaud
1	Weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	il	il	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	fait	fait	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	il	il	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	fait	fait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	chaud	chaud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Weather | il |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent il=Patient |
| 2 | **fait** | infinitive | Weather *not said here* | chaud |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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