Test 8 · ★ · Weather and seasons
Leo asks, "Why's spring the odd one out?" after writing "en printemps". What's the reason?
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
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.
The question
Sentence 1: Leo asks, "Why's spring the odd one out?" after writing "en printemps".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
| 5 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 one | advmod |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 one | cop |
| 7 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 one | nsubj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 one | det |
| 9 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 one | amod |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | parataxis |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 one | compound:prt |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 writing | case |
| 15 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | obl |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 printemps | punct |
| 17 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 printemps | compound |
| 18 | printemps | printemps | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 writing | appos |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 printemps | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | 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 |
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 reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Spring is too short to use en
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 short | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 short | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 short | advmod |
| 4 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 use | mark |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 short | advcl |
| 7 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 use | obj |
| # | 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
Leo is right: en printemps is correct
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 correct | punct |
| 5 | en | en | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 printemps | compound |
| 6 | printemps | printemps | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 correct | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 correct | cop |
| 8 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| # | 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
printemps is feminine, so it takes au
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | printemps | printemps | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feminine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 feminine | cop |
| 3 | feminine | feminine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 takes | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 takes | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 feminine | conj |
| 8 | au | au | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | obj |
| # | 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
printemps starts with a consonant, so it takes au
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | printemps | printemps | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 starts | nsubj |
| 2 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 consonant | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 consonant | det |
| 5 | consonant | consonant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 starts | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 takes | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 takes | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 takes | nsubj |
| 9 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 starts | conj |
| 10 | au | au | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 takes | obj |
| # | 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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