--- title: An Aussie mate says "Heaps of us are going to the beach this arvo, y… — Prepositions and conjunctions: little… · tree and pragmatics description: An Aussie mate says "Heaps of us are going to the beach this arvo, ya keen?" ("Heaps" means lots, "keen" means up for it.) When are they going? 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When are they going? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aussie mate, Heaps, keen · **What happens:** say, go, mean, mean up · **To what, where:** arvo, beach, lots · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» of the language 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/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An Aussie mate says "Heaps of us are going to the beach this arvo, ya keen?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t3:1 # text = An Aussie mate says "Heaps of us are going to the beach this arvo, ya keen?" 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Aussie aussie ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 arvo arvo NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 ya ya X FW _ 18 compound _ _ 18 keen keen NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | a Aussie mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Heaps of us | this arvo and ya keen | | the beach | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial\_Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("Heaps" means lots, "keen" means up for it.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t3:2 # text = ("Heaps" means lots, "keen" means up for it.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 keen keen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Heaps | lots | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic | | 2 | **mean up** | present | keen | | | | | for beach | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for it=Attribute | *Sentence 3:* When are they going? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t3:3 # text = When are they going? 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | Heaps *= heap* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Tomorrow night ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t3:o1:1 # text = Tomorrow night 1 Tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} This afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t3:o2:1 # text = This afternoon 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} This morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t3:o3:1 # text = This morning 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Next weekend ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:6-prepositions-and-conjunctions:t3:o4:1 # text = Next weekend 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 weekend weekend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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