--- title: Jayden asks, "Is vingt degrés, like, freezing?" What's the truth? — Weather and seasons · tree and pragmatics description: Jayden asks, "Is vingt degrés, like, freezing?" What's the truth? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Weather and seasons Jayden asks, "Is vingt degrés, like, freezing?" What's the truth? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jayden, truth · **What happens:** ask, be, freeze · **To what, where:** vingt degrés · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jayden asks, "Is vingt degrés, like, freezing?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t9:1 # text = Jayden asks, "Is vingt degrés, like, freezing?" 1 Jayden Jayden 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 '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 vingt vingt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 degrés degré NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 like like SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 freezing freeze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Jayden | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | vingt degrés | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **freeze** *in a quote* | gerund | Jayden *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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:* What's the truth? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t9:2 # text = What's the truth? 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 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the truth | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, 20 °C is warm, a T-shirt day ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t9:o1:1 # text = No, 20 °C is warm, a T-shirt day 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 ° ° SYM SYM _ 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 C c NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 T t NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | 20 ° C | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, 20 degrees is freezing ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t9:o2:1 # text = Yes, 20 degrees is freezing 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 freezing freeze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | present · progressive | 20 degrees | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, 20 °C is a heatwave ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t9:o3:1 # text = No, 20 °C is a heatwave 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 ° ° SYM SYM _ 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 C c NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 heatwave heatwave NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | 20 ° C | a heatwave | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes, it is 20 degrees below zero ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:13-weather-and-seasons:t9:o4:1 # text = Yes, it is 20 degrees below zero 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 below below ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 zero zero NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | 20 degrees | | | | below *property* | tree rules | **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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