--- title: Cooper's penpal replies "Tu veux dire : j'ai chaud !" Why? — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics description: Cooper's penpal replies "Tu veux dire : j'ai chaud !" Why? Test 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/13-weather-and-seasons/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Weather and seasons](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/13-weather-and-seasons/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Weather and seasons Cooper's penpal replies "Tu veux dire : j'ai chaud !" Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** penpal · **What happens:** reply · **To what, where:** Tu This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Cooper's penpal replies "Tu veux dire : j'ai chaud !" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t3:1 # text = Cooper's penpal replies "Tu veux dire : j'ai chaud !" 1 Cooper Cooper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 penpal penpal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 replies reply VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Tu Tu X FW Foreign=Yes 4 obj _ _ 7 veux veux X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 8 dire dire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 j'ai j'ai X FW _ 11 compound _ _ 11 chaud chaud NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | present | Cooper's penpal | Tu | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t3:2 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} French people never say they are hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t3:o1:1 # text = French people never say they are hot 1 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present | French people | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | people | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only grown-ups can say they are hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t3:o2:1 # text = Only grown-ups can say they are hot 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | grown ups | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | ups *= up* | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} For your body you use avoir: j'ai chaud ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t3:o3:1 # text = For your body you use avoir: j'ai chaud 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 avoir avoir NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 j'ai j'ai X FW _ 9 compound _ _ 9 chaud chaud NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | you | avoir | | | | for your body; j'ai chaud *obl* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent avoir=Theme for body=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} For your body you use être: je suis chaud ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t3:o4:1 # text = For your body you use être: je suis chaud 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 être être X FW Foreign=Yes 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 je je X FW Foreign=Yes 5 parataxis _ _ 9 suis suis X FW Foreign=Yes 8 flat:foreign _ _ 10 chaud chaud X FW Foreign=Yes 8 flat:foreign _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | you | être | | | | for your body | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent être=Theme for body=Eventuality | **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. 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