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title: Jack, in Sydney: "Stinkin' hot arvo, Christmas at the beach in me to… — Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack, in Sydney: "Stinkin' hot arvo, Christmas at the beach in me togs!" His pen pal in London says he's making it up. Who's right? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★

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Jack, in Sydney: "Stinkin' hot arvo, Christmas at the beach in me togs!" His pen pal in London says he's making it up. Who's right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pen pal, pal · **What happens:** say, make up, be · **To what, where:** beach · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» 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/44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack, in Sydney: "Stinkin' hot arvo, Christmas at the beach in me togs!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t1:1
# text = Jack, in Sydney: "Stinkin' hot arvo, Christmas at the beach in me togs!"
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Stinkin	Stinkin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	conj	_	_
18	togs	tog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* His pen pal in London says he's making it up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t1:2
# text = His pen pal in London says he's making it up.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Christmas's pen pal in London |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make up** | present · progressive | pal | beach |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |

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*Sentence 3:* Who's right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t1:3
# text = Who's right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The pen pal: it always snows at Christmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t1:o1:1
# text = The pen pal: it always snows at Christmas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	snows	snow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snow** | present | the pen pal |  |  | Christmas |  | always *property* | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither: it is spring there at Christmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t1:o2:1
# text = Neither: it is spring there at Christmas
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | spring |  | Christmas; there |  | neither *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Jack: it is summer there at Christmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t1:o3:1
# text = Jack: it is summer there at Christmas
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | summer |  | there |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pen pal: Christmas is always cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t1:o4:1
# text = The pen pal: Christmas is always cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pen pal |  |  |  |  | always, cold *property* | tree rules |

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