Test 2 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…
Mia: "Two Roman blokes got their own months? Lowkey swag." ("Lowkey" means a bit; "swag" means cool.) Which two?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, Lowkey, swag · What happens: get, mean · To what, where: bit
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 116 «How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory» of the world 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: Mia: "Two Roman blokes got their own months?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 4 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 blokes | nummod |
| 5 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 blokes | amod |
| 6 | blokes | bloke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 months | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 months | amod |
| 10 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 got | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | Mia | month | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Lowkey swag."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowkey | Lowkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 swag | compound |
| 2 | swag | swag | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 swag | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 swag | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: ("Lowkey" means a bit; "swag" means cool.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Lowkey | punct |
| 3 | Lowkey | Lowkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Lowkey | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 means | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 swag | punct |
| 10 | swag | swag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 means | nsubj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 swag | punct |
| 12 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | conj |
| 13 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 means | xcomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 15 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Lowkey | a bit | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | swag | cool property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 4: Which two?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 two | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 two | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Caesar got March and Augustus got the month of May
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caesar | Caesar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 got | cc |
| 5 | Augustus | Augustus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 month | det |
| 8 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 May | case |
| 10 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 month | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Caesar | march | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | get | past | Augustus | month | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Romulus got July and his brother Remus got August
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romulus | Romulus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 got | cc |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 7 | Remus | Remus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 brother | appos |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 9 | August | August | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Romulus | july | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | get | past | Romulus's brother | august | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Julius Caesar got July and Augustus got August
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julius | Julius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 2 | Caesar | Caesar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Julius | flat |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 got | cc |
| 6 | Augustus | Augustus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 8 | August | August | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Julius | july | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | get | past | Augustus | august | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Augustus got June and Caesar got the month of July
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Augustus | Augustus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Caesar | cc |
| 5 | Caesar | Caesar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 June | conj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 month | det |
| 8 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 July | case |
| 10 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 month | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Augustus | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | get | past | June and Caesar | month | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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