--- title: apparently a family flew to Australia for Christmas and it was like… — Clocks, calendars and planning the day · tree and pragmatics description: apparently a family flew to Australia for Christmas and it was like 40 degrees and they couldn't believe it. what's true? Test 19 · ★★ of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/t19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Clocks, calendars and planning the day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/) / t19 # Test 19 · ★★ · Clocks, calendars and planning the day apparently a family flew to Australia for Christmas and it was like 40 degrees and they couldn't believe it. what's true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, degrees · **What happens:** fly, be, not believe · **To what, where:** Australia, family This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/263-clocks-calendars-and-planning/#t19). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t19:1 # text = apparently a family flew to Australia for Christmas and it was like 40 degrees and they couldn't believe it. what's true? 1 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | a family | | Australia | | | for Christmas and 40 degrees; apparently *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to australia=Result | | 2 | **is** | past | family | | | | | like 40 degrees | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **believe** | could | degrees *= degree* | family | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It's always winter at Christmas everywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t19:o1:1 # text = It's always winter at Christmas everywhere 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | winter | | Christmas | | always, everywhere *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Australia has no Christmas ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t19:o2:1 # text = Australia has no Christmas 1 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Australia | no Christmas | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was a freak heatwave only ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t19:o3:1 # text = It was a freak heatwave only 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 freak freak NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 heatwave heatwave NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a freak heatwave | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Christmas is in summer there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t19:o4:1 # text = Christmas is in summer there 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Christmas | | | there | | in summer | tree rules | **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. 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