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title: It is given that summer in Australia and New Zealand falls between D… — Coins, pocket money, saving, spending… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that summer in Australia and New Zealand falls between December and February. Select the response consistent with the established facts. Exam question 3 of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 3 · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning…

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It is given that summer in Australia and New Zealand falls between December and February. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** New Zealand, you · **What happens:** give, fall, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, Australia, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that summer in Australia and New Zealand falls between December and February.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:e3:1
# text = It is given that summer in Australia and New Zealand falls between December and February.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
10	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  | Australia | summer |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | present | New Zealand |  |  |  | december |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Select the response consistent with the established facts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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There is no summer there at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:e3:o1:1
# text = There is no summer there at all
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | no summer |  |  | all; there; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Christmas there falls in winter, as it does in every other country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:e3:o2:1
# text = Christmas there falls in winter, as it does in every other country
1	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | Christmas |  |  | there | winter |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | it |  |  | every other country |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Christmas there falls in summer, since the seasons are reversed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:e3:o3:1
# text = Christmas there falls in summer, since the seasons are reversed
1	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	reversed	reverse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | Christmas |  |  | there | summer |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reverse** | present · passive |  | the seasons |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The seasons there are the same as in the UK

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:e3:o4:1
# text = The seasons there are the same as in the UK
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the seasons |  |  |  |  | as the UK; same *property* | tree rules |

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**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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