Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★

★★★ Sipho in Durban: «The big party was 1 January 2000, so that's when the 21st century began, lekker!» True?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, that, 21st century · What happens: ★, be, begin · To what, where: Sipho, Durban, 1 January, lekker

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 85 «Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came first ★★★» 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

Sentence 1: ★★★ Sipho in Durban: «The big party was 1 January 2000, so that's when the 21st century began, lekker!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Sipho	Sipho	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Durban	case
6	Durban	Durban	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 ★	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 party	punct
9	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 party	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 party	amod
11	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	obl
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 January	cop
13	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 January	nummod
14	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 party	appos
15	2000	2000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 January	nmod:unmarked
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 began	punct
17	so	so	SCONJ	_	24 began	mark
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 when	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 when	cop
20	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	24 began	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 century	det
22	21st	21st	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	23 century	amod
23	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 began	nsubj
24	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ★	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 lekker	punct
26	lekker	lekker	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 began	obj
27	!	!	PUNCT	_	26 lekker	punct
28	»	»	PUNCT	_	26 lekker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	★	present	★	Sipho	Durban	the big party obl	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	past		1 January		2000 nmod:unmarked	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	that			when property	tree rules
4	begin in a quote	past	the 21st century	lekker			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lekker=Eventuality

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: True?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Not quite: 2000 ended the 20th century, and the 21st began in 2001

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 ended	advmod
2	quite	quite	ADV	_	1 Not	fixed
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 ended	punct
4	2000	2000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 ended	nsubj
5	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 century	det
7	20th	20th	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	8 century	amod
8	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ended	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 began	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 began	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 21st	det
12	21st	21st	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	13 began	nsubj
13	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ended	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 2001	case
15	2001	2001	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 began	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not end	past	2000				century		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	begin	past	the 21st			2001			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, the 21st century will only begin in the year 2100

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 begin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 century	det
4	21st	21st	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	5 century	amod
5	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 begin	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 begin	aux
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 begin	advmod
8	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 year	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 begin	obl
12	2100	2100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 year	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	future	the 21st century				year		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

No, the 21st century began in 1901, a hundred years before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 began	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 century	det
4	21st	21st	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	5 century	amod
5	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 began	nsubj
6	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 1901	case
8	1901	1901	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 began	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 years	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 years	det
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 began	obl
13	before	before	ADV	_	12 years	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the 21st century			1901	year		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes: every new century starts in a year that ends in 00

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 starts	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 starts	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 century	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 century	amod
5	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 starts	nsubj
6	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 year	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 starts	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 ends	nsubj
11	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 year	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 00	case
13	00	00	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 ends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	every new century				year		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	end	present	a year			00			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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