Test 9 · ★ · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

my mate says diwali is just for christmas lights. no??

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, diwali · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	diwali	diwali	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lights	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lights	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	9 lights	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 lights	case
8	christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lights	compound
9	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
11	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 says	discourse
12	??	??	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	diwali					for christmas lights	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

Yes, it's an American holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 holiday	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 holiday	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 holiday	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 holiday	det
6	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 holiday	amod
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a American holiday					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it's the bit of Christmas where everyone puts up the lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 bit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bit	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Christmas	case
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 puts	advmod
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 puts	nsubj
11	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	acl:relcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 puts	compound:prt
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lights	det
14	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 puts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the bit				of Christmas	tree rules
2	put up	present	everyone	the lights					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent light=Goal

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's the Hindu, Sikh and Jain festival of lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 festival	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Hindu	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Hindu	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hindu	det
6	Hindu	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 festival	compound
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Sikh	punct
8	Sikh	Sikh	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Hindu	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Jain	cc
10	Jain	Jain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Hindu	conj
11	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 lights	case
13	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 festival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the Hindu and Sikh and Jain					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

No, it's a Jewish festival

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 festival	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 festival	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 festival	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 festival	det
6	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 festival	amod
7	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a Jewish festival					tree rules

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