Test 1 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale…
Mei's mate: "Isn't New Year 1 Jan, end of?" Mei: "Not in our house, bestie." What's the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, best answer · What happens: not be, be · To what, where: New Year
This is test 1 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» 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: Mei's mate: "Isn't New Year 1 Jan, end of?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mei | Mei | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mei | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Year | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 Year | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Year | punct |
| 6 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Year | cop |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 Year | advmod |
| 8 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Year | compound |
| 9 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 Year | flat |
| 11 | Jan | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Year | flat |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 end | punct |
| 13 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Year | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 end | case |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 Year | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Year | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a in a quote | present | Mei's mate | New Year | 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: Mei: "Not in our house, bestie."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mei | Mei | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 house | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 house | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 house | punct |
| 4 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 house | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 6 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 house | nmod:poss |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bestie | punct |
| 9 | bestie | bestie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 house | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 house | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 house | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: 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
Chinese New Year is on 1 January too, just with fireworks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | Chinese | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Year | compound |
| 2 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Year | compound |
| 3 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 January | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 January | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 January | case |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 January | nummod |
| 7 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 January | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fireworks | punct |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 fireworks | advmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 fireworks | case |
| 12 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 January | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Chinese New Year | on 1 January and fireworks | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Only 1 January is a real New Year; the others are pretend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 1 | advmod |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 January | nummod |
| 3 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Year | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Year | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 Year | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Year | amod |
| 7 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Year | compound |
| 8 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 Year | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 others | det |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 pretend | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 pretend | cop |
| 13 | pretend | pretend | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Year | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | 1 January | a real New Year | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the others | a real New Year not said here | pretend property | tree rules |
Option 3
Chinese New Year is only for people who live in China
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | Chinese | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Year | compound |
| 2 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Year | compound |
| 3 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 people | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 people | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 people | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 people | case |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 live | nsubj |
| 9 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 people | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 China | case |
| 11 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Chinese New Year | for people | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | people | China | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in china=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Different calendars have different New Years; Chinese New Year follows the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 calendars | amod |
| 2 | calendars | calendar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Years | amod |
| 5 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Years | compound |
| 6 | Years | Year | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 follows | punct |
| 8 | Chinese | Chinese | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Year | compound |
| 9 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Year | compound |
| 10 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 follows | nsubj |
| 11 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Moon | det |
| 13 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 follows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Different calendars | different New Years | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent year=Patient | ||||
| 2 | follow | present | Chinese New Year | the Moon | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme |
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