---
title: "Australia gets summer in January cos we're closest to the Sun then,… — Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: "Australia gets summer in January cos we're closest to the Sun then, sorted" Which reply cracks the argument fastest? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/t8/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/) / t8

# Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Australia gets summer in January cos we're closest to the Sun then, sorted" Which reply cracks the argument fastest?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, reply · **What happens:** get, be, sort, crack · **To what, where:** Australia, fastest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» of the myths 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/myths/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t8:1
# text = "Australia gets summer in January cos we're closest to the Sun then, sorted" Which reply cracks the argument fastest?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
18	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	19	det	_	_
19	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	cracks	crack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present |  | Australia |  |  | january; summer |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  |  | to the Sun; close *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sort** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **crack** | present | which reply | fastest |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then why do we have twelve months in a year?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t8:o1:1
# text = Then why do we have twelve months in a year?
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | we |  |  |  | then; month; year |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then why is the sea salty all year round?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t8:o2:1
# text = Then why is the sea salty all year round?
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the sea |  |  |  | then; year | round, salty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then why does Australia have such big hot deserts?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t8:o3:1
# text = Then why does Australia have such big hot deserts?
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | Australia | such big hot deserts |  |  | then |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then why is Britain having winter on the same day?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true:t8:o4:1
# text = Then why is Britain having winter on the same day?
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · progressive | Britain |  |  |  | then; day; winter |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/t7/)
- next →: [Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/t9/)
- ↑ back to [Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/36-olympiad-which-claim-is-true/)