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title: Leo asks, "Why's spring the odd one out?" after writing "en printemp… — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo asks, "Why's spring the odd one out?" after writing "en printemps". What's the reason? Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Weather and seasons

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Leo asks, "Why's spring the odd one out?" after writing "en printemps". What's the reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, spring, reason · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** odd one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo asks, "Why's spring the odd one out?" after writing "en printemps".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t8:1
# text = Leo asks, "Why's spring the odd one out?" after writing "en printemps".
1	Leo	Leo	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	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	printemps	printemps	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | Leo |  |  |  | after writing |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | spring | the odd one |  |  |  |  | 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:* What's the reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t8:2
# text = What's the reason?
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	reason	reason	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 reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Spring is too short to use en

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t8:o1:1
# text = Spring is too short to use en
1	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leo is right: en printemps is correct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t8:o2:1
# text = Leo is right: en printemps is correct
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	printemps	printemps	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Leo |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | en printemps |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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printemps is feminine, so it takes au

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t8:o3:1
# text = printemps is feminine, so it takes au
1	printemps	printemps	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	feminine	feminine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | printemps |  |  |  |  | feminine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present | it | au |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent au=Theme |

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

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printemps starts with a consonant, so it takes au

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t8:o4:1
# text = printemps starts with a consonant, so it takes au
1	printemps	printemps	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	consonant	consonant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	au	au	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | printemps |  |  |  |  | with a consonant | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with consonant=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **take** | present | it | au |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent au=Theme |

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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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