--- title: auntie in sydney says xmas is in summer there. she's joking right? — Coins, pocket money, saving, spending… · tree and pragmatics description: auntie in sydney says xmas is in summer there. she's joking right? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/t13/) [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/) / [Coins, pocket money, saving, spending…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning… auntie in sydney says xmas is in summer there. she's joking right? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** auntie, xmas · **What happens:** say, be, joke · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» 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/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t13:1 # text = auntie in sydney says xmas is in summer there. she's joking right? 1 auntie auntie NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 sydney sydney NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 xmas Xmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 joking joke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 14 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | auntie in sydney | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | xmas | | | there | | in summer | tree rules | | 3 | **joke** *speech: other* | present · progressive | xmas | | | | | right *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} No, Australia has Christmas in July ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t13:o1:1 # text = No, Australia has Christmas in July 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Australia | Christmas | | | | in July | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, Christmas is always in winter, everywhere in the world ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t13:o2:1 # text = Yes, Christmas is always in winter, everywhere in the world 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Christmas | | | | | in winter; always, everywhere *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, Australia has no summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t13:o3:1 # text = Yes, Australia has no summer 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Australia | | | | summer | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, seasons are opposite in the south ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t13:o4:1 # text = No, seasons are opposite in the south 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | seasons | | | the south | | opposite *property* | 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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