Test 6 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…

Jack's dad: "In 1752 folk rioted, yelling 'give us our eleven days!' Fact." What would a careful historian say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, careful historian · What happens: riot, yell, give, say · To what, where: 1752 folk, us · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Jack's dad: "In 1752 folk rioted, yelling 'give us our eleven days!'

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jack	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rioted	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 rioted	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 rioted	punct
6	In	in	ADP	_	8 folk	case
7	1752	1752	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 folk	nummod
8	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rioted	obl
9	rioted	riot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 yelling	punct
11	yelling	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 rioted	advcl
12	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
13	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 yelling	ccomp
14	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 give	iobj
15	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 days	nmod:poss
16	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 days	nummod
17	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 give	obj
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
19	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	riot in a quote	past	Jack's dad		1752 folk		tree rules
2	yell speech: express in a quote	gerund	Jack's dad not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	give in a quote	infinitive		us		day	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme

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: Fact."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fact	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Fact	punct

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

Sentence 3: What would a careful historian say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 historian	det
4	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 historian	amod
5	historian	historian	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	a careful historian						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

It's true, but it happened in Kyiv in 1918

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	_	7 happened	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 happened	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 happened	nsubj
7	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Kyiv	case
9	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 happened	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 1918	case
11	1918	1918	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	happen	past	it			Kyiv		in 1918	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in kyiv=Location

Option 2

It's true, and the king gave back five of the days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	_	8 gave	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	nsubj
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	10 five	advmod
10	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 gave	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 days	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 days	det
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 five	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	give back	past	the king	five of the days					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Theme

Option 3

It's true, and the angry riots won the eleven days back again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	_	9 won	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 won	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 riots	det
7	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 riots	amod
8	riots	riot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 won	nsubj
9	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 days	det
11	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 days	nummod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 won	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	9 won	advmod
14	again	again	ADV	_	9 won	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	win	past	the angry riots				again; day		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The riots probably never happened; the story is likely a myth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 riots	det
2	riots	riot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happened	nsubj
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	5 happened	advmod
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 happened	advmod
5	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 likely	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 story	det
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 likely	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 likely	cop
10	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 happened	obl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 myth	det
12	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 likely	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not happen	past	the riots					probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the story					likely property	tree rules

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