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Test 5 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…

Maya, from Cork: "Bed on Thursday the 4th, up on Friday the 15th? Yer man the Pope's an eejit, they lost ten days of their lives!" ("Yer man" means that fella; "eejit" means idiot.) What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man, eejit · What happens: lose, mean, be · To what, where: fella, idiot

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Maya, from Cork: "Bed on Thursday the 4th, up on Friday the 15th?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maya	Maya	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Cork	punct
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Cork	case
4	Cork	Cork	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Maya	conj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 Bed	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Bed	punct
7	Bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Maya	appos
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 Thursday	case
9	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Bed	nmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 4th	det
11	4th	4th	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	9 Thursday	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Friday	punct
13	up	up	ADV	_	15 Friday	advmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 Friday	case
15	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Thursday	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 15th	det
17	15th	15th	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	15 Friday	nmod:unmarked
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Maya	punct

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

Sentence 2: Yer man the Pope's an eejit, they lost ten days of their lives!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yer	yer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 man	nmod:poss
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Pope	det
4	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 eejit	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Pope	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 eejit	det
7	eejit	eejit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 man	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lost	nsubj
10	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 days	nummod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lost	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 lives	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 lives	nmod:poss
15	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 days	nmod
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	Yer's man the Pope's eejit				day		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: ("Yer man" means that fella; "eejit" means idiot.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 man	punct
3	Yer	yer	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 man	nmod:poss
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 man	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 fella	det
8	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 means	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 eejit	punct
11	eejit	eejit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 means	nsubj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 eejit	punct
13	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	conj
14	idiot	idiot	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 means	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Yer's man	that fella					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fella=Topic
2	mean	present	eejit	idiot					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idiot=Topic

Sentence 4: What's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The weekdays jumped too, so Friday came twice that week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weekdays	det
2	weekdays	weekday	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 jumped	nsubj
3	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	3 jumped	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
7	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jumped	conj
9	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 came	advmod
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jumped	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	past	the weekdays				week		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past	Friday					twice property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Everyone got ten days older overnight, all at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 days	nummod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 older	obl:unmarked
5	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 got	xcomp
6	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	2 got	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 once	punct
8	all	all	ADV	_	10 once	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Everyone					old, once, overnight property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nobody lost any time; only the date numbers jumped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 jumped	punct
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 numbers	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 numbers	det
8	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 numbers	compound
9	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 jumped	nsubj
10	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lost	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	Nobody				time		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	jump	past	the date numbers						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They really slept for ten whole days without waking up once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slept	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 slept	advmod
3	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
5	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 slept	obl
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 waking	mark
9	waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 slept	advcl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 waking	compound:prt
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 waking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	They				day		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wake up	gerund	They not said here					once property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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