Test 11 · ★★ · Time zones and the calendar

how come feb's got 29 days some years

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: get

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 come	advmod
2	come	come	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
3	feb	February	PROPN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	7 days	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 feb	case
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 days	amod
6	29	29	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 years	det
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 days	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	participle							vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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.

The options

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

To keep the calendar in step with the extra 6 hours each year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 calendar	det
4	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 step	case
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 hours	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hours	det
9	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hours	amod
10	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 hours	nummod
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obl
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the calendar			hour; year	in step	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent calendar=Theme in step=Location

Option 2

Because the Moon goes faster those years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 goes	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Moon	det
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 goes	advmod
6	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 years	det
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 goes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the Moon				year	fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Just to make February longer for fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	3 make	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 make	mark
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	February	February	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
5	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 make	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 fun	case
7	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 longer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive					february	long property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

Because the Earth spins slower in February

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 spins	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Earth	det
3	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 spins	nsubj
4	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 spins	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 February	case
7	February	February	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 spins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present	the Earth				february	slow property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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