Test 1 · ★★★ · Australia and New Zealand: a short story

aussie mate says 26 jan is just a fun bbq day for everyone. what's he missing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aussie mate, 26 jan, mate · What happens: say, be, miss · To what, where: fun bbq day · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Australia and New Zealand: a short story» of the history 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	aussie	aussie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mate	compound
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	26	26	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 jan	nummod
5	jan	jan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 day	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	11 day	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
9	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 day	amod
10	bbq	bbq	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	compound
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 everyone	case
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 day	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 missing	obj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 missing	aux
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 missing	nsubj
18	missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	aussie mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	present	26 jan	a fun bbq day	for everyone	tree rules
3	miss	present · progressive	mate			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice

It is actually Christmas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 Christmas	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Christmas	cop
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 Christmas	advmod
4	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	Christmas				actually property	tree rules

Option 2

It marks the gold rush

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 marks	nsubj
2	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rush	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rush	compound
5	rush	rush	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	It	the gold rush					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent rush=Destination

Option 3

Nothing, every single person in Australia loves it just the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 loves	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 person	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	appos
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Australia	case
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 person	nmod
8	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 loves	obj
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 same	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 same	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 loves	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Nothing	person				same property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Many Aboriginal people call it Invasion Day and feel sadness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
2	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	nsubj
4	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 call	obj
6	Invasion	Invasion	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Day	compound
7	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 call	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 feel	cc
9	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 call	conj
10	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	Many Aboriginal people	it					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	feel	present	Many Aboriginal people not said here	sadness					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sadness=Theme

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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