Test 3 · ★★ · Time zones and the calendar
Olga was born on 29 February. How often is her real birthday date on the calendar?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bear, be · To what, where: Olga, 29, real birthday date, calendar
This is test 3 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: Olga was born on 29 February.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olga | Olga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 born | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 born | aux:pass |
| 3 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 29 | case |
| 5 | 29 | 29 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 born | obl |
| 6 | February | February | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 29 | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 born | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | Olga | 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: How often is her real birthday date on the calendar?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 often | advmod |
| 2 | often | often | ADV | _ | 7 date | advmod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 date | cop |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 date | nmod:poss |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 date | amod |
| 6 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 date | compound |
| 7 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 calendar | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 calendar | det |
| 10 | calendar | calendar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 date | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 date | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Olga's real birthday date | the calendar | often property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Never again after the day she was born
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 again | advmod |
| 2 | again | again | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 day | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 again | obl |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 born | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 born | aux:pass |
| 8 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 day | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | the day not said here | she | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Every single year, like everyone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 year | det |
| 2 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 year | amod |
| 3 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 everyone | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 year | appos |
| 7 | else | else | ADV | _ | 6 everyone | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Only once every ten years or so
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 years | advmod |
| 2 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 years | advmod |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 years | det |
| 4 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 so | cc |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 years | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Usually once every four years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Usually | usually | ADV | _ | 2 once | advmod |
| 2 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 years | det |
| 4 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 once | obl:unmarked |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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