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title: ★★★ Kai from Auckland plans a picnic in Paris for the morning. The f… — Olympiad: decoding a short French text… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Kai from Auckland plans a picnic in Paris for the morning. The forecast says "il pleut le matin, mais l'après-midi il y a du soleil". What should he do? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★

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★★★ Kai from Auckland plans a picnic in Paris for the morning. The forecast says "il pleut le matin, mais l'après-midi il y a du soleil". What should he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, forecast, il · **What happens:** plan, say, pleut, y, do · **To what, where:** picnic, Paris, le matin, l'après midi · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «Olympiad: decoding a short French text ★★★» 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/39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Kai from Auckland plans a picnic in Paris for the morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t6:1
# text = ★★★ Kai from Auckland plans a picnic in Paris for the morning.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	plans	plan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present | ★ ★ ★ from Auckland | a picnic |  | Paris | for the morning |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Topic |

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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:* The forecast says "il pleut le matin, mais l'après-midi il y a du soleil".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t6:2
# text = The forecast says "il pleut le matin, mais l'après-midi il y a du soleil".
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	forecast	forecast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	il	il	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pleut	pleut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	matin	matin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	mais	mais	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	l'après	l'après	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	midi	midi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
14	il	il	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	y	y	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	du	du	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	soleil	soleil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the forecast |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pleut** *in a quote* | present | il | le matin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **y** *in a quote* | past | il | l'après midi |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What should he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t6:3
# text = What should he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | il |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Bring sun cream for the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t6:o1:1
# text = Bring sun cream for the morning
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | sun cream |  |  | morning |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cream=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep the picnic in the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t6:o2:1
# text = Keep the picnic in the morning
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the picnic |  |  | morning |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cancel the whole day, it's snowing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t6:o3:1
# text = Cancel the whole day, it's snowing
1	Cancel	cancel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	snowing	snow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **snow** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Move the picnic to the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:39-olympiad-decoding-a-short-french-text:t6:o4:1
# text = Move the picnic to the afternoon
1	Move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* | the picnic |  |  | afternoon |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent picnic=Theme |

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