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title: A Kiwi (New Zealand) cousin texts in December: "Grab your jandals, b… — Seasons, terms and holidays · tree and pragmatics
description: A Kiwi (New Zealand) cousin texts in December: "Grab your jandals, beach this arvo!" ("arvo" means afternoon.) Why does that make sense? Test 8 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 eac
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# Test 8 · Seasons, terms and holidays

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A Kiwi (New Zealand) cousin texts in December: "Grab your jandals, beach this arvo!" ("arvo" means afternoon.) Why does that make sense?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** arvo, that · **What happens:** grab, mean, make · **To what, where:** jandals, sense

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Kiwi (New Zealand) cousin texts in December: "Grab your jandals, beach this arvo!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t8:1
# text = A Kiwi (New Zealand) cousin texts in December: "Grab your jandals, beach this arvo!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Kiwi	Kiwi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	jandals	jandal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | your jandals and beach |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent jandal=Beneficiary arvo=Theme |

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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:* ("arvo" means afternoon.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t8:2
# text = ("arvo" means afternoon.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | arvo |  |  |  | afternoon |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Why does that make sense?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t8:3
# text = Why does that make sense?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · do-support | that | sense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Jandals are warm winter boots over there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t8:o1:1
# text = Jandals are warm winter boots over there
1	Jandals	jandal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	boots	boot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Jandals | warm winter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **boot** | present | warm winter |  |  | there |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
December is summer in New Zealand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t8:o2:1
# text = December is summer in New Zealand
1	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	dislocated	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
New Zealand has no winter at all, ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t8:o3:1
# text = New Zealand has no winter at all, ever
1	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
2	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | New Zealand |  |  |  | ever; winter |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
December is spring everywhere on Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t8:o4:1
# text = December is spring everywhere on Earth
1	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | December spring |  | Earth |  | everywhere *property* | tree rules |

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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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