--- title: An Australian pen pal says she's going to the beach on Christmas Day… — Seasons and tides · tree and pragmatics description: An Australian pen pal says she's going to the beach on Christmas Day. Why isn't that a joke? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Seasons and tides» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/40-seasons-and-tides/t3/) [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/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Seasons and tides](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/40-seasons-and-tides/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Seasons and tides An Australian pen pal says she's going to the beach on Christmas Day. Why isn't that a joke? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Australian pen pal, pal · **What happens:** say, go, not be · **To what, where:** beach, joke · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Seasons and tides» of the physics 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/physics/40-seasons-and-tides/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An Australian pen pal says she's going to the beach on Christmas Day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t3:1 # text = An Australian pen pal says she's going to the beach on Christmas Day. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Australian Australian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pal pal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Australian pen pal | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | present · progressive | pal | | | the beach | on Christmas Day | | 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:* Why isn't that a joke? ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t3:2 # text = Why isn't that a joke? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | | a joke | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The beach is heated for Christmas ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t3:o1:1 # text = The beach is heated for Christmas 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 heated heat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heat** | present · passive | | the beach | | | | for Christmas | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Australia has no winter at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t3:o2:1 # text = Australia has no winter at all 1 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Australia | | | | winter | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is summer there in December ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t3:o3:1 # text = It is summer there in December 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | december; summer | there *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Australians move Christmas to July ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t3:o4:1 # text = Australians move Christmas to July 1 Australians Australian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | Australians | Christmas | | | july | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent christmas=Theme | **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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