Test 14 · ★★ · Clocks, calendars and planning the day
uk friend's party on 3/4, is that march?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: party · What happens: be · To what, where: march
This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» of the everyday 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.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uk | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 friend | compound |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 party | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 friend | case |
| 4 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 march | nsubj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 3/4 | case |
| 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 party | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 party | punct |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 march | cop |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 march | det |
| 10 | march | march | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 march | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | uk friend's party on 3/4 | that march | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it's March 4 everywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 4 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 4 | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 4 | cop |
| 5 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 4 | nmod:unmarked |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 7 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 4 | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | 4 | march | everywhere property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, in the UK 3/4 means 3 April
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 UK | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 UK | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 UK | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 UK | det |
| 5 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 means | obl |
| 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 means | nsubj |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 April | nummod |
| 9 | April | April | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | 3/4 | april | in the UK | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in uk=Attribute |
Option 3
It's the 34th day of the year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 day | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 day | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | 34th | 34th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 5 day | amod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 year | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 year | det |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 day | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the 34th day | year | tree rules |
Option 4
It means 4 March in the UK
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 March | nummod |
| 4 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 UK | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 UK | det |
| 7 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | march | in the UK | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in uk=Attribute |
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