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Test 3 · ★ · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

A boy in Manchester says Diwali was in November last year but will not be in November every year. Why is he right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, Diwali · What happens: say, be, not be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» 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

Sentence 1: A boy in Manchester says Diwali was in November last year but will not be in November every year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Manchester	case
4	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 year	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 year	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 year	case
9	November	November	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 year	compound
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 year	amod
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 November	cc
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 November	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 November	advmod
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 November	cop
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 November	case
17	November	November	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 year	conj
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 year	det
19	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	obl:unmarked
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a boy in Manchester				year		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Diwali				in November last year but November		tree rules
3	not is	future	Diwali not said here					in November	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: Why is he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 right	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 right	nsubj
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Diwali					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Diwali happens only once every ten years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 once	advmod
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 happens	advmod
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 years	det
6	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 happens	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Diwali				year	once property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Each family picks any date it likes for Diwali, and his family chose November

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picks	nsubj
3	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 date	det
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picks	obj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 likes	nsubj
7	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 date	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 Diwali	case
9	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 likes	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 chose	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chose	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 family	nmod:poss
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chose	nsubj
14	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 picks	conj
15	November	November	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 chose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	present	each family	any date					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Patient
2	like	present	family	any date not said here				for Diwali	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer date=Stimulus for diwali=Attribute
3	choose	past	Diwali's family				november		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Diwali is always held on 25 December

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 held	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 held	advmod
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 25	case
6	25	25	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 held	obl
7	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 25	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		Diwali		25 December		always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on 25=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Diwali follows a lunisolar calendar, so its date moves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 follows	nsubj
2	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 calendar	det
4	lunisolar	lunisolar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 calendar	amod
5	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 follows	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 moves	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 moves	advmod
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 date	nmod:poss
9	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moves	nsubj
10	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 follows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	Diwali	a lunisolar calendar					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calendar=Theme
2	move	present	calendar's date						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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