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title: Why might a farmer care about an accurate calendar? — The Maya · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a farmer care about an accurate calendar? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The Maya» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · The Maya

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Why might a farmer care about an accurate calendar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 18 «The Maya» of the history 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/18-the-maya/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t6:1
# text = Why might a farmer care about an accurate calendar?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	farmer	farmer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To know exactly when the next bus comes past the farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t6:o1:1
# text = To know exactly when the next bus comes past the farm
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	know	know	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	past	past	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **come** | present | the next bus |  |  | the farm |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme past farm=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To pay his phone bill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t6:o2:1
# text = To pay his phone bill
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | to-infinitive |  | his phone bill |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset |
| 2 | **bill** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To know when to plant and harvest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t6:o3:1
# text = To know when to plant and harvest
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	know	know	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	plant	plant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	harvest	harvest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **plant** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **harvest** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To count his birthdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:18-the-maya:t6:o4:1
# text = To count his birthdays
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | to-infinitive |  | his birthdays |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Theme |

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