Test 7 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale… Dmytro's mate from Newcastle: "Howay man, did they shift Christmas or what?" ("Howay" means come on.) What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Howay · What happens: shift, mean, come on, be · To what, where: Christmas · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Dmytro's mate from Newcastle: "Howay man, did they shift Christmas or what?"
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct compound nsubj punct aux nsubj obj cc conj punct punct root Dmytro PROPN 's PART mate NOUN from ADP Newcastle PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Howay PROPN man NOUN , PUNCT did AUX they PRON shift VERB Christmas PROPN or CCONJ what PRON ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dmytro Dmytro PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Dmytro case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 13 shift nsubj 4 from from ADP _ 5 Newcastle case 5 Newcastle Newcastle PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod 6 : : PUNCT _ 9 man punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 9 man punct 8 Howay Howay PROPN Number=Sing 9 man compound 9 man man NOUN Number=Sing 13 shift nsubj 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 man punct 11 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 shift aux 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 shift nsubj 13 shift shift VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 14 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 13 shift obj 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 what cc 16 what what PRON PronType=Rel 14 Christmas conj 17 ? ? PUNCT _ 13 shift punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 13 shift punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shift in a quote past · do-support Dmytro's mate from Newcastle Christmas vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer christmas=Patient
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: ("Howay" means come on.)
punct punct nsubj punct ccomp advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Howay PROPN " PUNCT means VERB come VERB on ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Howay punct 3 Howay Howay PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Howay punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means ccomp 7 on on ADV _ 6 come advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Howay vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 come on infinitive vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Ukraine moved its state Christmas from the Julian date to 25 December in 2023
nsubj nmod:poss obj appos case det compound obl case obl nmod:unmarked case obl root Ukraine PROPN moved VERB its PRON state NOUN Christmas PROPN from ADP the DET Julian PROPN date NOUN to ADP 25 NUM December PROPN in ADP 2023 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN Number=Sing 2 moved nsubj 2 moved move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 state nmod:poss 4 state state NOUN Number=Sing 2 moved obj 5 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 4 state appos 6 from from ADP _ 9 date case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 date det 8 Julian Julian PROPN Number=Sing 9 date compound 9 date date NOUN Number=Sing 2 moved obl 10 to to ADP _ 11 25 case 11 25 25 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 moved obl 12 December December PROPN Number=Sing 11 25 nmod:unmarked 13 in in ADP _ 14 2023 case 14 2023 2023 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 moved obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move past Ukraine its state the Julian date to 25 December; in 2023 vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent state=Theme from date=Source to 25=Trajectory in 2023=Destination
Option 2 Christmas moved because the Bible was rewritten
nsubj mark det nsubj aux:pass advcl root Christmas PROPN moved VERB because SCONJ the DET Bible PROPN was AUX rewritten VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 2 moved nsubj 2 moved move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 rewritten mark 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 Bible det 5 Bible Bible PROPN Number=Sing 7 rewritten nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 rewritten aux:pass 7 rewritten rewrite VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 moved advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 move past Christmas vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 2 rewrite past · passive the Bible tree rules
Option 3 Nobody in Ukraine keeps 7 January any more
nsubj case nmod nummod obj advmod advmod root Nobody PRON in ADP Ukraine PROPN keeps VERB 7 NUM January PROPN any ADV more ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 keeps nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 Ukraine case 3 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN Number=Sing 1 Nobody nmod 4 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 7 7 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 January nummod 6 January January PROPN Number=Sing 4 keeps obj 7 any any ADV _ 8 more advmod 8 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 4 keeps advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep present Nobody january vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Christmas was always on 25 December in Ukraine
nsubj cop advmod case nmod:unmarked case nmod root Christmas PROPN was AUX always ADV on ADP 25 NUM December PROPN in ADP Ukraine PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 5 25 nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 25 cop 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 25 advmod 4 on on ADP _ 5 25 case 5 25 25 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 6 December December PROPN Number=Sing 5 25 nmod:unmarked 7 in in ADP _ 8 Ukraine case 8 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN Number=Sing 6 December nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Christmas 25 december always property tree rules
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