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description: A boy in Melbourne tells his pen pal in London that he will spend Christmas at the beach. Why is that normal for him? Test 2 · ★★ 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 of eac
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Clocks, calendars and planning the day

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A boy in Melbourne tells his pen pal in London that he will spend Christmas at the beach. Why is that normal for him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** tell, spend, be · **To what, where:** pen pal, London, Christmas, beach · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Melbourne tells his pen pal in London that he will spend Christmas at the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t2:1
# text = A boy in Melbourne tells his pen pal in London that he will spend Christmas at the beach.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	spend	spend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
15	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | a boy in Melbourne | boy's pen pal |  | London |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent pal=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **spend** *not said to happen* | future | boy | Christmas |  | the beach |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Asset |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is that normal for him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t2:2
# text = Why is that normal for him?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for boy; normal *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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December is summer in Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t2:o1:1
# text = December is summer in Australia
1	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	dislocated	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | summer |  | Australia |  | December *dislocated* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Australians move Christmas to June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t2:o2:1
# text = Australians move Christmas to June
1	Australians	Australian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | Australians | Christmas |  |  | june |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent christmas=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Australian beaches are heated in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t2:o3:1
# text = Australian beaches are heated in winter
1	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beaches	beach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present · passive |  | Australian beaches |  |  | winter |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is always winter at Christmas everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:263-clocks-calendars-and-planning:t2:o4:1
# text = It is always winter at Christmas everywhere
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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