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Test 6 · ★★ · The Maya

Why might a farmer care about an accurate calendar?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗

This is test 6 · ★★ 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

advmodauxdetamodcasedetamodnmodpunctrootWhyADVmightAUXaDETfarmerADJcareNOUNaboutADPanDETaccurateADJcalendarNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int5 careadvmod
2mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin5 careaux
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 caredet
4farmerfarmerADJDegree=Pos5 careamod
5carecareNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6aboutaboutADP_9 calendarcase
7anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 calendardet
8accurateaccurateADJDegree=Pos9 calendaramod
9calendarcalendarNOUNNumber=Sing5 carenmod
10??PUNCT_5 carepunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To know exactly when the next bus comes past the farm

markadvmodmarkdetamodnsubjadvclcasedetoblrootToPARTknowVERBexactlyADVwhenSCONJtheDETnextADJbusNOUNcomesVERBpastADPtheDETfarmNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 knowmark
2knowknowVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3exactlyexactlyADV_2 knowadvmod
4whenwhenSCONJ_8 comesmark
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 busdet
6nextnextADJDegree=Pos7 busamod
7busbusNOUNNumber=Sing8 comesnsubj
8comescomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 knowadvcl
9pastpastADP_11 farmcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 farmdet
11farmfarmNOUNNumber=Sing8 comesobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowto-infinitiveexactly propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2comepresentthe next busthe farmvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme past farm=Initial_Location

Option 2

To pay his phone bill

marknmod:posscompoundobjrootToPARTpayVERBhisPRONphoneNOUNbillNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 paymark
2paypayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 billnmod:poss
4phonephoneNOUNNumber=Sing5 billcompound
5billbillNOUNNumber=Sing2 payobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1payto-infinitivehis phone billvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset
2billhis = henom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To know when to plant and harvest

markadvmodmarkccompccconjrootToPARTknowVERBwhenADVtoPARTplantVERBandCCONJharvestVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 knowmark
2knowknowVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3whenwhenADVPronType=Int5 plantadvmod
4totoPART_5 plantmark
5plantplantVERBVerbForm=Inf2 knowccomp
6andandCCONJ_7 harvestcc
7harvestharvestVERBVerbForm=Inf5 plantconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowto-infinitivevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2plantto-infinitivevn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3harvestinfinitivetree rules

Option 4

To count his birthdays

marknmod:possobjrootToPARTcountVERBhisPRONbirthdaysNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 countmark
2countcountVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 birthdaysnmod:poss
4birthdaysbirthdayNOUNNumber=Plur2 countobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1countto-infinitivehis birthdaysvn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Theme

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