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title: Lewis: "Summer hols are the whole summer." His sister: "We go back o… — Seasons, terms and holidays · tree and pragmatics
description: Lewis: "Summer hols are the whole summer." His sister: "We go back on 3 September, summer ends 31 August." What's true? Test 3 of lesson 113 «Seasons, terms and holidays» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 3 · Seasons, terms and holidays

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Lewis: "Summer hols are the whole summer." His sister: "We go back on 3 September, summer ends 31 August." What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Summer hols, sister, summer · **What happens:** be, go back, end · **To what, where:** whole summer, 3

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lewis: "Summer hols are the whole summer."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t3:1
# text = Lewis: "Summer hols are the whole summer."
1	Lewis	Lewis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	hols	hol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Summer hols | the whole summer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* His sister: "We go back on 3 September, summer ends 31 August."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t3:2
# text = His sister: "We go back on 3 September, summer ends 31 August."
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
10	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	August	August	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** *in a quote* | present | Lewis's sister |  |  | 3  September |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **end** *in a quote* | present | summer |  |  |  | august |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t3:3
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The holidays always last the whole summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t3:o1:1
# text = The holidays always last the whole summer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	last	last	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | present | the holidays |  |  |  | summer | always *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Holidays and seasons are two different calendars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t3:o2:1
# text = Holidays and seasons are two different calendars
1	Holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	calendars	calendar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Holidays and seasons | two different calendars |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Summer ends on 21 June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t3:o3:1
# text = Summer ends on 21 June
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
5	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | Summer |  |  | 21  June |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Summer ends when school starts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t3:o4:1
# text = Summer ends when school starts
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | Summer |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **start** | present | school |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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**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.

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