--- title: Lucy: "Longest day? But summer's only starting!" Her dad says it's a… — Seasons, terms and holidays · tree and pragmatics description: Lucy: "Longest day? But summer's only starting!" Her dad says it's all downhill. Who's right about the weather? 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Who's right about the weather? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, it · **What happens:** start, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 113 «Seasons, terms and holidays» of the world 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/world/113-seasons-terms-and-holidays/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lucy: "Longest day? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t11:1 # text = Lucy: "Longest day? 1 Lucy Lucy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* But summer's only starting!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t11:2 # text = But summer's only starting!" 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present · progressive | | | | | summer | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | *Sentence 3:* Her dad says it's all downhill. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t11:3 # text = Her dad says it's all downhill. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 downhill downhill ADV RB _ 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lucy's dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | all, downhill *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 4:* Who's right about the weather? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t11:4 # text = Who's right about the weather? 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 _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about the weather; right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Dad; it gets colder from 22 June ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t11:o1:1 # text = Dad; it gets colder from 22 June 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 22 22 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 8 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | it | Dad *not said here* | | | | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dad; summer ends on 21 June ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t11:o2:1 # text = Dad; summer ends on 21 June 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 21 21 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 7 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | present | summer | Dad *not said here* | | 21 June | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality dad=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Lucy; the hottest weeks usually come after 21 June ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t11:o3:1 # text = Lucy; the hottest weeks usually come after 21 June 1 Lucy Lucy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 hottest hot ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 usually usually ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 21 21 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 10 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | the hottest weeks | | | | after 21 June | usually *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Neither; 21 June is the hottest day of all ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t11:o4:1 # text = Neither; 21 June is the hottest day of all 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 21 21 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nsubj _ _ 4 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 hottest hot ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | 21 | the hottest day | | | | of all | tree rules | **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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