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title: Lily asks, "Is that like 'it's neighing'? Is there a horse?" What wo… — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily asks, "Is that like 'it's neighing'? Is there a horse?" What would you build in the garden if il neige? Test 5 · ★ 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 wron
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# Test 5 · ★ · Weather and seasons

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Lily asks, "Is that like 'it's neighing'? Is there a horse?" What would you build in the garden if il neige?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lily, that, you, il · **What happens:** ask, be, build, neige · **To what, where:** horse, garden · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily asks, "Is that like 'it's neighing'?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t5:1
# text = Lily asks, "Is that like 'it's neighing'?
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
7	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	neighing	neigh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present · progressive | that |  |  |  |  | neigh *property* | 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:* Is there a horse?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t5:2
# text = Is there a horse?"
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	1	expl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What would you build in the garden if il neige?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t5:3
# text = What would you build in the garden if il neige?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	il	il	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	neige	neige	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | would | you |  |  | the garden |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Product |
| 2 | **neige** *a condition, not said to happen* |  | il |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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un cheval de neige, a snow horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t5:o1:1
# text = un cheval de neige, a snow horse
1	un	un	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cheval	cheval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	de	de	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	neige	neige	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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un bonhomme de neige, a snowman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t5:o2:1
# text = un bonhomme de neige, a snowman
1	un	un	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bonhomme	bonhomme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	de	de	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	neige	neige	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snowman	snowman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
un château de sable, a sandcastle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t5:o3:1
# text = un château de sable, a sandcastle
1	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
2	château	château	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	nsubj	_	_
3	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	flat:foreign	_	_
4	sable	sable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sandcastle	sandcastle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
un bonhomme de pluie, a rain man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t5:o4:1
# text = un bonhomme de pluie, a rain man
1	un	un	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	compound	_	_
2	bonhomme	bonhomme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	compound	_	_
4	pluie	pluie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

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