Test 9 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…

Leon: "So my great-great-whatever's birthday from 1500 is wrong now?" What's the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: whatever, Leon, best answer · What happens: be · To what, where: great great birthday, 1500

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Leon: "So my great-great-whatever's birthday from 1500 is wrong now?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leon	Leon	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 wrong	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 wrong	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 wrong	punct
4	So	so	ADV	_	16 wrong	advmod
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 birthday	nmod:poss
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 birthday	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 great	punct
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 birthday	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 whatever	punct
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 birthday	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 birthday	cop
12	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wrong	nsubj
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 1500	case
14	1500	1500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 birthday	nmod
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 wrong	cop
16	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 wrong	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 wrong	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	whatever	my great great birthday		1500			tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	Leon				now	wrong property	tree rules

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: What's the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The day was real, but you must say which calendar the date is in

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 day	det
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 real	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 real	cop
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 say	cc
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 say	aux
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 real	conj
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 calendar	det
11	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 say	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 date	det
13	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 in	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 in	cop
15	in	in	ADP	_	11 calendar	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the day					real property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	must	you	which calendar					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent calendar=Topic

Option 2

Yes, every date written before 1582 is fake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 fake	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 date	det
4	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fake	nsubj
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 date	acl
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 1582	case
7	1582	1582	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 written	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fake	cop
9	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle		every date not said here			before 1582		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	every date					fake property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, everyone's birthday moved ten days later, so it's all wrong

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 moved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 birthday	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 everyone	case
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moved	nsubj
6	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 later	obl:unmarked
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 moved	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wrong	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 wrong	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wrong	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wrong	cop
14	all	all	ADV	_	15 wrong	advmod
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 moved	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	everyone's birthday					late property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	birthday					all, wrong property	tree rules

Option 4

No, both calendars always gave the same date

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 calendars	det
4	calendars	calendar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gave	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 gave	advmod
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 date	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 date	amod
9	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	both calendars	the same date				always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Theme

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