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Test 11 · Days of the week and months

Sam's mate says, "Sept is seven, so why's September the ninth month? That's sus." ("Sus" means odd.) What's the answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Sept, That, Sus, answer · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: seven, September · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» of the French 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: Sam's mate says, "Sept is seven, so why's September the ninth month?

nmod:posscasensubjpunctpunctnsubjcopccomppunctadvmodconjcopobldetamodobl:unmarkedpunctrootSamPROPN'sPARTmateNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTSeptPROPNisAUXsevenNUM,PUNCTsoADVwhyADV'sAUXSeptemberPROPNtheDETninthADJmonthNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SamSamPROPNNumber=Sing3 matenmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Samcase
3matemateNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_9 sevenpunct
6""PUNCT_9 sevenpunct
7SeptSeptemberPROPNAbbr=Yes Number=Sing9 sevennsubj
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 sevencop
9sevensevenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 saysccomp
10,,PUNCT_12 whypunct
11sosoADV_12 whyadvmod
12whywhyADVPronType=Int4 saysconj
13'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 Septembercop
14SeptemberSeptemberPROPNNumber=Sing12 whyobl
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 monthdet
16ninthninthADJDegree=Pos17 monthamod
17monthmonthNOUNNumber=Sing14 Septemberobl:unmarked
18??PUNCT_4 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: askpresentSam's matevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is a in a quotepresentSeptseventree rules
3is a in a quotepresentSeptembermonthtree 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: That's sus."

nsubjcoppunctpunctrootThatPRON'sAUXsusADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 susnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 suscop
3sussuspectADJDegree=Posrootroot
4..PUNCT_3 suspunct
5""PUNCT_3 suspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentThatsuspect propertytree rules

Sentence 3: ("Sus" means odd.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctxcomppunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTSusNOUN"PUNCTmeansVERBoddADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Suspunct
3SussusNOUNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Suspunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6oddoddADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
7..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentSusodd propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: What's the answer?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 answerdet
4answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe answertree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Long ago the Roman year began in March, so it was the 7th

advmodadvmoddetamodnsubjcaseoblpunctadvmodnsubjcopdetconjrootLongADVagoADVtheDETRomanADJyearNOUNbeganVERBinADPMarchPROPN,PUNCTsoADVitPRONwasAUXtheDET7thADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LonglongADVDegree=Pos2 agoadvmod
2agoagoADV_6 beganadvmod
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 yeardet
4RomanromanADJDegree=Pos5 yearamod
5yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing6 begannsubj
6beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7ininADP_8 Marchcase
8MarchMarchPROPNNumber=Sing6 beganobl
9,,PUNCT_14 7thpunct
10sosoADV_14 7thadvmod
11ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 7thnsubj
12wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 7thcop
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 7thdet
147th7thADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord6 beganconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1beginpastthe Roman yearmarchago propertyvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2ispastit7th propertytree rules

Option 2

It's a mistake that nobody ever fixed

nsubjcopdetnsubj:passnsubj:passadvmodacl:relclrootItPRON'sAUXaDETmistakeNOUNthatPRONnobodyPRONeverADVfixedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 mistakensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 mistakecop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 mistakedet
4mistakemistakeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5thatthatPRONPronType=Rel8 fixednsubj:pass
6nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg8 fixednsubj:pass
7evereverADVPronType=Ind8 fixedadvmod
8fixedfixVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 mistakeacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta mistaketree rules
2fixparticiple · passivea mistakeevervn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient

Option 3

September has seven weeks in it

nsubjnummodobjcaseoblrootSeptemberPROPNhasVERBsevenNUMweeksNOUNinADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SeptemberSeptemberPROPNNumber=Sing2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sevensevenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 weeksnummod
4weeksweekNOUNNumber=Plur2 hasobj
5ininADP_6 itcase
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 hasobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentSeptemberitweekvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Sept means nine in Latin

nsubjobjcaseoblrootSeptPROPNmeansVERBnineNUMinADPLatinPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SeptSeptemberPROPNAbbr=Yes Number=Sing2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ninenineNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 meansobj
4ininADP_5 Latincase
5LatinLatinPROPNNumber=Sing2 meansobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentSeptninein Latinvn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot nine=Theme in latin=Attribute

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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