Test 4 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale…

Yusuf, in London: "Fasting in summer is long, innit, the days go on forever." Why would fasting in winter feel shorter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Yusuf, days · What happens: fast, be, go on, feel · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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: Yusuf, in London: "Fasting in summer is long, innit, the days go on forever."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yusuf	Yusuf	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 long	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 London	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 London	case
4	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Yusuf	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 long	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Fasting	punct
7	Fasting	fast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 long	csubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 summer	case
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Fasting	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 long	cop
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	INTJ	_	11 long	discourse
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 days	det
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 go	nsubj
17	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 long	conj
18	on	on	ADV	_	17 go	advmod
19	forever	forever	ADV	_	17 go	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 long	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 long	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	fast in a quote	gerund		summer		tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	Yusuf in London		long property	tree rules
3	go on in a quote	present	the days		forever property	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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: Why would fasting in winter feel shorter?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 fasting	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fasting	aux
3	fasting	fast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 winter	case
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fasting	obl
6	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fasting	xcomp
7	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 feel	xcomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fasting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fast	would					winter		tree rules
2	feel	infinitive						short property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Winter days are short, so dawn to sunset is fewer hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 days	compound
2	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 short	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 short	cop
4	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hours	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	12 hours	advmod
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hours	nsubj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 sunset	case
9	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dawn	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hours	cop
11	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 hours	amod
12	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 short	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Winter days					short property	tree rules
2	is a	present	dawn to sunset	fewer hours					tree rules

Option 2

The Sun sets right at noon in the middle of a British winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sun	det
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sets	nsubj
3	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	right	right	ADV	_	3 sets	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 noon	case
6	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sets	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 middle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 middle	det
9	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sets	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 winter	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 winter	det
12	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 winter	amod
13	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	present	the Sun			the middle of a British winter	noon	right property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in middle=Destination

Option 3

In winter Ramadan has only 20 days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 winter	case
2	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obl
3	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 20	advmod
6	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Ramadan				day; winter		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

People do not fast at all in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	nsubj
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 fast	advmod
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 do	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 fast	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	People				winter	fast property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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