Test 7 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope… Taras's great-grandad's papers say "1 January 1910 O.S." Mum goes, "Sound, that's 14 January our way." ("Sound" means fine.) Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: papers, Mum, that, Sound · What happens: say, go, be, mean · To what, where: Sound, 14 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Taras's great-grandad's papers say "1 January 1910 O.S."
nmod:poss case amod punct nmod:poss case nsubj punct nummod obj nmod:unmarked flat punct punct root Taras PROPN 's PART great ADJ - PUNCT grandad NOUN 's PART papers NOUN say VERB " PUNCT 1 NUM January PROPN 1910 NUM O.S PROPN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Taras Taras PROPN Number=Sing 5 grandad nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Taras case 3 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 5 grandad amod 4 - - PUNCT _ 3 great punct 5 grandad grandad NOUN Number=Sing 7 papers nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 grandad case 7 papers paper NOUN Number=Plur 8 say nsubj 8 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 " " PUNCT _ 11 January punct 10 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 January nummod 11 January January PROPN Number=Sing 8 say obj 12 1910 1910 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 January nmod:unmarked 13 O.S O.S PROPN Number=Sing 12 1910 flat 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 say punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 8 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Taras's great grandad's papers january vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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: Mum goes, "Sound, that's 14 January our way."
nsubj punct punct obl punct nsubj cop nmod nmod:unmarked nmod:poss nmod:unmarked punct punct root Mum NOUN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Sound NOUN , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX 14 NUM January PROPN our PRON way NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 goes nsubj 2 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 Sound punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 Sound punct 5 Sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 2 goes obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 14 punct 7 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 14 nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 14 cop 9 14 14 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 Sound nmod 10 January January PROPN Number=Sing 9 14 nmod:unmarked 11 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 way nmod:poss 12 way way NOUN Number=Sing 9 14 nmod:unmarked 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 goes punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 2 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Mum Sound vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is a in a quote present that 14 january our way nmod:unmarked tree rules
Sentence 3: ("Sound" means fine.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Sound NOUN " PUNCT means VERB fine ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sound punct 3 Sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sound punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Sound fine property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: Is she right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX she PRON right ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADV _ root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Sound right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice No, the gap between the calendars was always 10 days
discourse punct det nsubj case det nmod cop advmod nummod root No INTJ , PUNCT the DET gap NOUN between ADP the DET calendars NOUN was AUX always ADV 10 NUM days NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 11 days discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 gap det 4 gap gap NOUN Number=Sing 11 days nsubj 5 between between ADP _ 7 calendars case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 calendars det 7 calendars calendar NOUN Number=Plur 4 gap nmod 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 days cop 9 always always ADV PronType=Tot 11 days advmod 10 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 days nummod 11 days day NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past the gap between the calendars 10 days always property tree rules
Option 2 No, "O.S." means the date is one whole year earlier
discourse punct punct nsubj punct punct det nsubj cop nummod amod ccomp advmod root No INTJ , PUNCT " PUNCT O.S PROPN . PUNCT " PUNCT means VERB the DET date NOUN is AUX one NUM whole ADJ year NOUN earlier ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 O.S punct 4 O.S O.S PROPN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 O.S punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 4 O.S punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 date det 9 date date NOUN Number=Sing 13 year nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 year cop 11 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 13 year nummod 12 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 13 year amod 13 year year NOUN Number=Sing 7 means ccomp 14 earlier early ADV Degree=Cmp 7 means advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present O.S early property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is a present the date one whole year tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Yes, by then the gap between the two calendars was 13 days
discourse punct case obl det nsubj case det nummod nmod cop nummod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT by ADP then ADV the DET gap NOUN between ADP the DET two NUM calendars NOUN was AUX 13 NUM days NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 gap discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 by by ADP _ 4 then case 4 then then ADV PronType=Dem 6 gap obl 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 gap det 6 gap gap NOUN Number=Sing 13 days nsubj 7 between between ADP _ 10 calendars case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 calendars det 9 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 calendars nummod 10 calendars calendar NOUN Number=Plur 6 gap nmod 11 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 days cop 12 13 13 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 13 days nummod 13 days day NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past the gap between the two calendars 13 days tree rules
Option 4 Yes, because January had 14 extra days in the old calendar
discourse punct mark nsubj nummod amod obj case det amod obl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT because SCONJ January PROPN had VERB 14 NUM extra ADJ days NOUN in ADP the DET old ADJ calendar NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 had discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 had punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 5 had mark 4 January January PROPN Number=Sing 5 had nsubj 5 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 14 14 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 days nummod 7 extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 8 days amod 8 days day NOUN Number=Plur 5 had obj 9 in in ADP _ 12 calendar case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 calendar det 11 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 12 calendar amod 12 calendar calendar NOUN Number=Sing 5 had obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past January the old calendar day vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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