Test 5 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale… Aisha's uncle in Bradford: "We wait for the moon, habibti." ("Habibti" means my dear, in Arabic.) Her cousin in another country had Eid a day earlier. How can that be?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, Habibti, cousin, that · What happens: wait, mean, have, be · To what, where: dear, Eid
This is test 5 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: Aisha's uncle in Bradford: "We wait for the moon, habibti."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct nsubj case det obl punct appos punct punct root Aisha PROPN 's PART uncle NOUN in ADP Bradford PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT We PRON wait VERB for ADP the DET moon NOUN , PUNCT habibti NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN Number=Sing 3 uncle nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Aisha case 3 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 9 wait nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 5 Bradford case 5 Bradford Bradford PROPN Number=Sing 3 uncle nmod 6 : : PUNCT _ 9 wait punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 9 wait punct 8 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 wait nsubj 9 wait wait VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 for for ADP _ 12 moon case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 moon det 12 moon moon NOUN Number=Sing 9 wait obl 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 habibti punct 14 habibti habibti NOUN Number=Sing 12 moon appos 15 . . PUNCT _ 9 wait punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 9 wait punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait in a quote present Aisha's uncle in Bradford for the moon vn exist-47.1 «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: ("Habibti" means my dear, in Arabic.)
punct punct nsubj punct nmod:poss obj punct case obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Habibti PROPN " PUNCT means VERB my PRON dear ADJ , PUNCT in ADP Arabic PROPN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Habibti punct 3 Habibti Habibti PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Habibti punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 dear nmod:poss 7 dear dear ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 Arabic punct 9 in in ADP _ 10 Arabic case 10 Arabic Arabic PROPN Number=Sing 5 means obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Habibti my dear in Arabic vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot dear=Theme in arabic=Attribute
Sentence 3: Her cousin in another country had Eid a day earlier.
nmod:poss nsubj case det nmod obj det obj advmod punct root Her PRON cousin NOUN in ADP another DET country NOUN had VERB Eid PROPN a DET day NOUN earlier ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 cousin nmod:poss 2 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 6 had nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 country case 4 another another DET PronType=Ind 5 country det 5 country country NOUN Number=Sing 2 cousin nmod 6 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 Eid Eid PROPN Number=Sing 6 had obj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 day det 9 day day NOUN Number=Sing 6 had obj 10 earlier early ADV Degree=Cmp 6 had advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past habibti's cousin in another country Eid day early property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eid=Patient
Sentence 4: How can that be?
advmod aux nsubj punct root How ADV can AUX that PRON be VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 4 be advmod 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 be aux 3 that that PRON PronType=Rel 4 be nsubj 4 be be VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 be punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 can can that vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 Eid lasts one hour, so places take turns
nsubj nummod obl:unmarked punct advmod nsubj conj obj root Eid PROPN lasts VERB one NUM hour NOUN , PUNCT so ADV places NOUN take VERB turns NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Eid Eid PROPN Number=Sing 2 lasts nsubj 2 lasts last VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 hour nummod 4 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 2 lasts obl:unmarked 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 take punct 6 so so ADV _ 8 take advmod 7 places place NOUN Number=Plur 8 take nsubj 8 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 lasts conj 9 turns turn NOUN Number=Plur 8 take obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 last present Eid hour vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme 2 take present places turns vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Some places use moon sightings, others calculations, so dates can differ by a day
The tree, 14 words det nsubj compound obj punct compound conj punct advmod nsubj aux parataxis case det obl root Some DET places NOUN use VERB moon NOUN sightings NOUN , PUNCT others NOUN calculations NOUN , PUNCT so ADV dates NOUN can AUX differ VERB by ADP a DET day NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 places det 2 places place NOUN Number=Plur 3 use nsubj 3 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 moon moon NOUN Number=Sing 5 sightings compound 5 sightings sighting NOUN Number=Plur 3 use obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 calculations punct 7 others other NOUN Number=Plur 8 calculations compound 8 calculations calculation NOUN Number=Plur 5 sightings conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 differ punct 10 so so ADV _ 13 differ advmod 11 dates date NOUN Number=Plur 13 differ nsubj 12 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 differ aux 13 differ differ VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 use parataxis 14 by by ADP _ 16 day case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 day det 16 day day NOUN Number=Sing 13 differ obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use present some places moon sightings and others calculations vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sighting=Patient 2 differ can dates day vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice The Moon is new a week later in Bradford
det nsubj cop det obl:unmarked advmod case obl root The DET Moon PROPN is AUX new ADJ a DET week NOUN later ADV in ADP Bradford PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Moon det 2 Moon Moon PROPN Number=Sing 4 new nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 new cop 4 new new ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 week det 6 week week NOUN Number=Sing 7 later obl:unmarked 7 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 4 new advmod 8 in in ADP _ 9 Bradford case 9 Bradford Bradford PROPN Number=Sing 4 new obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the Moon Bradford late, new property tree rules
Option 4 One of them must have read the wrong year
nsubj:pass case nmod aux aux det amod obl:unmarked root One NUM of ADP them PRON must AUX have AUX read VERB the DET wrong ADJ year NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 read nsubj:pass 2 of of ADP _ 3 them case 3 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 One nmod 4 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 read aux 5 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 read aux 6 read read VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 year det 8 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 9 year amod 9 year year NOUN Number=Sing 6 read obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 read must · perfect · passive One of them year vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
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