--- title: Aisha's uncle in Sydney says: «heaps of smoke this arvo, sky's gone… — Climate: hot summers and hot arguments · tree and pragmatics description: Aisha's uncle in Sydney says: «heaps of smoke this arvo, sky's gone orange, it's 'cos nobody cleared the leaves, yeah nah?» What is the fair answer? 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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/politics/21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aisha's uncle in Sydney says: «heaps of smoke this arvo, sky's gone orange, it's 'cos nobody cleared the leaves, yeah nah?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t11:1 # text = Aisha's uncle in Sydney says: «heaps of smoke this arvo, sky's gone orange, it's 'cos nobody cleared the leaves, yeah nah?» 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Sydney Sydney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 arvo arvo NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 25 nsubj _ _ 25 cleared clear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ _ 30 nah nah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Aisha's uncle in Sydney | heaps of smoke this arvo | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent heap=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sky | | | | | orange *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sky | | | | | clear *property* | tree rules | 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:* What is the fair answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t11:2 # text = What is the fair answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the fair answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Bushfires only happen in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t11:o1:1 # text = Bushfires only happen in winter 1 Bushfires bushfire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | Bushfires | | | | winter | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The sky turns orange because of the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t11:o2:1 # text = The sky turns orange because of the Moon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | the sky | | | | | because the Moon; orange *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Dry fuel matters, and hotter, drier years make fires worse too ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t11:o3:1 # text = Dry fuel matters, and hotter, drier years make fires worse too 1 Dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 hotter hot ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 drier dry ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ _ 13 too too ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** | present | Dry fuel | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **make** | present | drier years | fires | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fire=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only clearing matters; the weather plays no part ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:21-climate-hot-summers-and-hot-arguments:t11:o4:1 # text = Only clearing matters; the weather plays no part 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 clearing clear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 3 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clear** | gerund | | matters | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent matter=Beneficiary weather=Product | | 2 | **play** | present | clearing | no part | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=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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