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title: A family in Auckland starts a beach day in sunshine. Why might they… — Germs, sneezes and dressing for the we… · tree and pragmatics
description: A family in Auckland starts a beach day in sunshine. Why might they pack jumpers too? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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 
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

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A family in Auckland starts a beach day in sunshine. Why might they pack jumpers too?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, they · **What happens:** start, pack · **To what, where:** jumpers

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family in Auckland starts a beach day in sunshine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t6:1
# text = A family in Auckland starts a beach day in sunshine.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | a family in Auckland |  |  |  | day |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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 might they pack jumpers too?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t6:2
# text = Why might they pack jumpers too?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pack	pack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | might | they | jumpers |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme jumper=Destination |

## The options {#options}

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

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The weather can change during the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t6:o1:1
# text = The weather can change during the day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | can | the weather |  |  |  | day |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is polite to carry jumpers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t6:o2:1
# text = It is polite to carry jumpers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  | jumpers |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jumper=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jumpers keep the sand off their clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t6:o3:1
# text = Jumpers keep the sand off their clothes
1	Jumpers	jumper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Jumpers | the sand |  |  |  | off Jumpers's clothes | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jumpers protect from sunburn best

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather:t6:o4:1
# text = Jumpers protect from sunburn best
1	Jumpers	jumper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	protect	protect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | Jumpers |  |  |  |  | from sunburn  best | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent from sunburn=Theme |

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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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