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title: Isla in Aberdeen says, "It's pure dreich." ("Dreich" means grey and… — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Isla in Aberdeen says, "It's pure dreich." ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy.) What would a French person say? Test 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 each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Test 4 · ★ · Weather and seasons

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Isla in Aberdeen says, "It's pure dreich." ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy.) What would a French person say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Isla, It, Dreich, French person · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **To what, where:** pure dreich, grey · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Isla in Aberdeen says, "It's pure dreich."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t4:1
# text = Isla in Aberdeen says, "It's pure dreich."
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Aberdeen	Aberdeen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dreich	dreich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Isla in Aberdeen |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | pure dreich |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t4:2
# text = ("Dreich" means grey and gloomy.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Dreich	Dreich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Dreich | grey |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grey=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What would a French person say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t4:3
# text = What would a French person say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a French person |  |  |  |  |  | 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 fait gris.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t4:o1:1
# text = Il fait gris.
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	gris	gris	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 | gris |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Il est nuage.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t4:o2:1
# text = Il est nuage.
1	Il	Il	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	est	EST	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	nuage	nuage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Il fait dreich.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t4:o3:1
# text = Il fait dreich.
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	dreich	dreich	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 | dreich |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Il pleut des chiens.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t4:o4:1
# text = Il pleut des chiens.
1	Il	Il	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
2	pleut	pleut	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	_
3	des	des	X	FW	_	1	flat:foreign	_	_
4	chiens	chien	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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