Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★ Sam, in 2026: "My cousin was born on 29 February 2016. She's only 2 lol, she's had two birthdays." What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, cousin · What happens: bear, have, be · To what, where: cousin, 29, 2
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 192 «Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★» 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: Sam, in 2026: "My cousin was born on 29 February 2016.
punct case flat punct punct nmod:poss nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl case obl nmod:unmarked flat punct root Sam PROPN , PUNCT in ADP 2026 NUM : PUNCT " PUNCT My PRON cousin NOUN was AUX born VERB on ADP 29 NUM February PROPN 2016 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 2026 punct 3 in in ADP _ 4 2026 case 4 2026 2026 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 1 Sam flat 5 : : PUNCT _ 10 born punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 born punct 7 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 cousin nmod:poss 8 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 10 born nsubj:pass 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 born aux:pass 10 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Sam acl:relcl 11 on on ADP _ 12 29 case 12 29 29 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 born obl 13 February February PROPN Number=Sing 12 29 nmod:unmarked 14 2016 2016 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 12 29 flat 15 . . PUNCT _ 1 Sam punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bear in a quote past · passive Sam not said here My cousin 29 February vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: She's only 2 lol, she's had two birthdays."
nsubj aux advmod obl discourse punct nsubj aux nummod obj punct punct root She PRON 's AUX only ADV 2 NUM lol INTJ , PUNCT she PRON 's AUX had VERB two NUM birthdays NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 had nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 had aux 3 only only ADV _ 4 2 advmod 4 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 had obl 5 lol lol INTJ _ 9 had discourse 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 lol punct 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 had nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 had aux 9 had have VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 10 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 birthdays nummod 11 birthdays birthday NOUN Number=Plur 9 had obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 had punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 9 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present · passive cousin 2 vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Patient
Sentence 3: What is wrong?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 She is 2 at school and 10 only at home
nsubj cop case nmod cc conj advmod case nmod root She PRON is AUX 2 NUM at ADP school NOUN and CCONJ 10 NUM only ADV at ADP home NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 2 nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 2 cop 3 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 4 at at ADP _ 5 school case 5 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 2 nmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 10 cc 7 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 2 conj 8 only only ADV _ 10 home advmod 9 at at ADP _ 10 home case 10 home home NOUN Number=Sing 7 10 nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present She 2 school tree rules
Option 2 She is 8, because 2016 had no 29 February
nsubj cop nsubj punct case conj det nummod obj root She PRON is AUX 8 NUM , PUNCT because ADP 2016 NUM had VERB no DET 29 NUM February PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 8 nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 8 cop 3 8 8 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 had nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 2016 punct 5 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 6 2016 case 6 2016 2016 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 8 conj 7 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 no no DET PronType=Neg 10 February det 9 29 29 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 February nummod 10 February February PROPN Number=Sing 7 had obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present She 8 tree rules 2 have past 8 february vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Nothing; leaplings get one year older every 4 years
punct nsubj appos nummod obl:unmarked xcomp det nummod obl:unmarked root Nothing PRON ; PUNCT leaplings NOUN get VERB one NUM year NOUN older ADJ every DET 4 NUM years NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg root root 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 4 get punct 3 leaplings leapling NOUN Number=Plur 4 get nsubj 4 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Nothing appos 5 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 year nummod 6 year year NOUN Number=Sing 7 older obl:unmarked 7 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 get xcomp 8 every every DET PronType=Tot 10 years det 9 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 years nummod 10 years year NOUN Number=Plur 4 get obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present leaplings year old property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer She is 10; she has had only 2 real 29 February birthdays
nsubj cop punct nsubj aux parataxis advmod nummod amod nummod compound obj root She PRON is AUX 10 NUM ; PUNCT she PRON has AUX had VERB only ADV 2 NUM real ADJ 29 NUM February PROPN birthdays NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 10 nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 10 cop 3 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card root root 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 had punct 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 had nsubj 6 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 had aux 7 had have VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 10 parataxis 8 only only ADV _ 9 2 advmod 9 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 13 birthdays nummod 10 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 13 birthdays amod 11 29 29 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 13 birthdays nummod 12 February February PROPN Number=Sing 13 birthdays compound 13 birthdays birthday NOUN Number=Plur 7 had obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present She 10 tree rules 2 have present · perfect she 2 real 29 February birthdays vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Patient
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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