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title: Gran: "2000 wasn't a leap year, love, century years never are." Is s… — How our calendar was made: Romans, Jul… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran: "2000 wasn't a leap year, love, century years never are." Is she right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 116 «How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 11 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…

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Gran: "2000 wasn't a leap year, love, century years never are." Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** 2000, she · **What happens:** not be, be · **To what, where:** leap year

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 116 «How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/116-how-our-calendar-was-made/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran: "2000 wasn't a leap year, love, century years never are."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t11:1
# text = Gran: "2000 wasn't a leap year, love, century years never are."
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | past | 2000 | a leap year |  |  |  | love *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **be** *in a quote* | present | 2000 *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t11:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, 2000 was a leap year because it divides by 400

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t11:o1:1
# text = No, 2000 was a leap year because it divides by 400
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	divides	divide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	400	400	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | 2000 | a leap year |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **divide** | present | it |  |  |  |  | by 400 | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent by 400=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, only years ending in 4 are leap years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, only years ending in 4 are leap years
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
5	ending	end	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | gerund | years *not said here* |  |  | 4 |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | present | years | leap years |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, no century year can ever be a leap year, not one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, no century year can ever be a leap year, not one
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can |  | a leap year |  |  | ever; year |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, every century year is a leap year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t11:o4:1
# text = No, every century year is a leap year
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | every century year | a leap year |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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