Test 8 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…
Abel's mate from the Valleys: "13 months? I'd be tamping, that's an extra month of school!" ("Tamping" is Welsh slang for furious.) What does the Ethiopian calendar really have?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, that, Tamping, Ethiopian calendar · What happens: tamp, be, have · To what, where: extra month, Welsh slang
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Abel's mate from the Valleys: "13 months?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abel | Abel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Abel | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Valleys | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Valleys | det |
| 6 | Valleys | Valley | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 mate | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 months | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 months | punct |
| 9 | 13 | 13 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 months | nummod |
| 10 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 mate | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: I'd be tamping, that's an extra month of school!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 tamping | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tamping | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tamping | aux |
| 4 | tamping | tamp | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 month | punct |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 month | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 month | cop |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 month | det |
| 9 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 month | amod |
| 10 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tamping | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 school | case |
| 12 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 month | nmod |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 tamping | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 tamping | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tamp | would · progressive | I | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | a extra month | of school | tree rules |
Sentence 3: ("Tamping" is Welsh slang for furious.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 7 slang | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Tamping | punct |
| 3 | Tamping | tamping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 slang | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Tamping | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 slang | cop |
| 6 | Welsh | welsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 slang | amod |
| 7 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 furious | case |
| 9 | furious | furious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 slang | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 slang | punct |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 slang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Tamping | Welsh slang | for furious | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What does the Ethiopian calendar really have?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 have | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 have | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 calendar | det |
| 4 | Ethiopian | ethiopian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 calendar | amod |
| 5 | calendar | calendar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 have | nsubj |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 have | advmod |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | the Ethiopian calendar | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
13 months of 28 days each, every single year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 13 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 months | nummod |
| 2 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 days | case |
| 4 | 28 | 28 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 days | nummod |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 months | nmod |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 days | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 year | punct |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 year | det |
| 9 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 year | amod |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 months | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
13 months of 30 days, making 390 days a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 13 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 months | nummod |
| 2 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 making | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 days | case |
| 4 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 days | nummod |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 months | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 making | punct |
| 7 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | 390 | 390 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 days | nummod |
| 9 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 making | obj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 year | det |
| 11 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 days | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | 13 months of 30 days | day | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
12 months of 30 days and a short 13th month of 5 or 6 days
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 months | nummod |
| 2 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 days | case |
| 4 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 days | nummod |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 months | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 month | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 month | det |
| 8 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 month | amod |
| 9 | 13th | 13th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 10 month | amod |
| 10 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 months | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 days | case |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 days | nummod |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 6 | cc |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 5 | conj |
| 15 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 month | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
12 months and a spare week added in summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 months | nummod |
| 2 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 added | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 added | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 week | det |
| 5 | spare | spare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 week | amod |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 added | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 summer | case |
| 9 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 added | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | participle · passive | 12 months | summer; week | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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