Test 13 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning…

auntie in sydney says xmas is in summer there. she's joking right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: auntie, xmas · What happens: say, be, joke · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 sydney	case
3	sydney	sydney	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 auntie	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	xmas	Xmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 summer	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 summer	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 summer	case
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 summer	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 joking	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 joking	aux
13	joking	joke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 says	parataxis
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 joking	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	auntie in sydney			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	xmas	there	in summer	tree rules
3	joke speech: other	present · progressive	xmas		right property	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

The options

Option 1

No, Australia has Christmas in July

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 July	case
7	July	July	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Christmas	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Australia	Christmas				in July	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Patient

Option 2

Yes, Christmas is always in winter, everywhere in the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 winter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 winter	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 winter	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 winter	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 everywhere	punct
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 winter	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 world	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 world	det
12	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 everywhere	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Christmas					in winter; always, everywhere property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, Australia has no summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 summer	det
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Australia				summer		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, seasons are opposite in the south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 opposite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 opposite	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 opposite	cop
5	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 south	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 south	det
8	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opposite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	seasons			the south		opposite property	tree rules

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