Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★

"Australia gets summer in January cos we're closest to the Sun then, sorted" Which reply cracks the argument fastest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, reply · What happens: get, be, sort, crack · To what, where: Australia, fastest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» of the myths 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obl
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 January	case
6	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obl
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	10 closest	case
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 closest	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 closest	cop
10	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 gets	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 Sun	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sun	det
13	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 closest	obl
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 sorted	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sorted	punct
16	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	parataxis
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 cracks	punct
18	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	19 reply	det
19	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cracks	nsubj
20	cracks	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 sorted	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 argument	det
22	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 fastest	nsubj
23	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 cracks	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present		Australia	january; summer		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is in a quote	present	we			to the Sun; close property	tree rules
3	sort in a quote	past			then		tree rules
4	crack	present	which reply	fastest			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Then why do we have twelve months in a year?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 have	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 have	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 months	nummod
7	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 year	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · do-support	we				then; month; year		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Then why is the sea salty all year round?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 salty	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 salty	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 salty	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 salty	nsubj
6	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 salty	obl:unmarked
9	round	round	ADV	_	6 salty	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sea				then; year	round, salty property	tree rules

Option 3

Then why does Australia have such big hot deserts?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 have	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 have	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 deserts	amod
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 deserts	amod
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 deserts	amod
9	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · do-support	Australia	such big hot deserts			then		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Then why is Britain having winter on the same day?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 having	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 having	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 having	aux
4	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 having	nsubj
5	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 having	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 having	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 having	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · progressive	Britain				then; day; winter		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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