Test 1 · ★★ · The Maya

my uncle says the maya predicted the end of the world in 2012. did they?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, maya, they · What happens: say, predict, do · To what, where: end, 2012 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The Maya» of the history 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 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 maya	det
5	maya	maya	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 predicted	nsubj
6	predicted	predict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 end	det
8	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 predicted	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 world	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 world	det
11	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 2012	case
13	2012	2012	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 predicted	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 did	nsubj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my uncle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	predict	past	the maya	the end of the world	2012	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot end=Topic
3	do	past	they			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

No, they said 3000

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	3000	3000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they	3000					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 3000=Topic

Option 2

Yes, and it nearly happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 happened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 happened	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 happened	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 happened	nsubj
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	6 happened	advmod
6	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, a long calendar cycle just ended and a new one began

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 ended	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cycle	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cycle	amod
5	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cycle	compound
6	cycle	cycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ended	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 ended	advmod
8	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 began	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 began	nsubj
13	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ended	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	past	a long calendar cycle						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	begin	past	a new one						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, it was moved to 2050

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 moved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 moved	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 moved	aux:pass
5	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 2050	case
7	2050	2050	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past · passive		it		2050			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to 2050=Trajectory

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