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title: Ruby says, "July's winter, mate, that's backwards!" Who is right? — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby says, "July's winter, mate, that's backwards!" Who is right? Test 7 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Weather and seasons

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Ruby says, "July's winter, mate, that's backwards!" Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, that · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby says, "July's winter, mate, that's backwards!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t7:1
# text = Ruby says, "July's winter, mate, that's backwards!"
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
13	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Ruby |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t7:2
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Both: July is winter in Australia and summer in France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t7:o1:1
# text = Both: July is winter in Australia and summer in France
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | both July | winter and summer in France |  | Australia |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ruby: July is winter everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t7:o2:1
# text = Ruby: July is winter everywhere
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The French: July is summer everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t7:o3:1
# text = The French: July is summer everywhere
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither: July is always spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t7:o4:1
# text = Neither: July is always spring
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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