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Test 3 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…

Zara: "445 days in one year? Bloody hell, imagine the homework." Why was 46 BC so long?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bloody hell, 46 BC · What happens: imagine, be · To what, where: homework

This is test 3 · ★ 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: Zara: "445 days in one year?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 days	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 days	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 days	punct
4	445	445	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 days	nummod
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 year	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 year	nummod
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 days	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 days	punct

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

Sentence 2: Bloody hell, imagine the homework."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hell	amod
2	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imagine	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 hell	punct
4	imagine	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 homework	det
6	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 imagine	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 imagine	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 imagine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	imagine	infinitive	Bloody hell	the homework					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot homework=Theme

Sentence 3: Why was 46 BC so long?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	46	46	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 BC	nummod
4	BC	BC	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Why	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	46 BC					long, why property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Priests wanted a longer school year for children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 year	det
4	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 school	amod
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 year	compound
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl:unmarked
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Priests				year	for children	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

The Romans counted two winters that year by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Romans	det
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 counted	nsubj
3	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 winters	nummod
5	winters	winter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 counted	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 winters	nmod:unmarked
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 mistake	case
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	the Romans				winter	by mistake	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Caesar added days to catch up with the seasons before his new calendar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Caesar	Caesar	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 added	nsubj
2	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 added	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 catch	mark
5	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 added	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 catch	compound:prt
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 seasons	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 seasons	det
9	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 catch	obl
10	before	before	ADP	_	13 calendar	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 calendar	nmod:poss
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 calendar	amod
13	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	past	Caesar				day		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	catch up	to-infinitive	Caesar not said here				before Caesar's new calendar; season		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The Earth went round the Sun more slowly that year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Earth	det
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 Sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun	det
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 slowly	advmod
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the Earth			the Sun	year	slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round sun=Initial_Location

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