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title: Zara: "445 days in one year? Bloody hell, imagine the homework." Why… — How our calendar was made: Romans, Jul… · tree and pragmatics
description: Zara: "445 days in one year? Bloody hell, imagine the homework." Why was 46 BC so long? Test 3 · ★ 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 optio
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# Test 3 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…

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Zara: "445 days in one year? Bloody hell, imagine the homework." Why was 46 BC so long?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bloody hell, 46 BC · **What happens:** imagine, be · **To what, where:** homework

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zara: "445 days in one year?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t3:1
# text = Zara: "445 days in one year?
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	445	445	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Bloody hell, imagine the homework."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t3:2
# text = Bloody hell, imagine the homework."
1	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	imagine	imagine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imagine** | infinitive | Bloody hell | the homework |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot homework=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Why was 46 BC so long?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t3:3
# text = Why was 46 BC so long?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	46	46	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	BC	BC	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | 46 BC |  |  |  |  | long, why *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Priests wanted a longer school year for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t3:o1:1
# text = Priests wanted a longer school year for children
1	Priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Priests |  |  |  | year | for children | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Romans counted two winters that year by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t3:o2:1
# text = The Romans counted two winters that year by mistake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	counted	count	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | past | the Romans |  |  |  | winter | by mistake | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Caesar added days to catch up with the seasons before his new calendar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t3:o3:1
# text = Caesar added days to catch up with the seasons before his new calendar
1	Caesar	Caesar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | Caesar |  |  |  | day |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **catch up** | to-infinitive | Caesar *not said here* |  |  |  | before Caesar's new calendar; season |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Earth went round the Sun more slowly that year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t3:o4:1
# text = The Earth went round the Sun more slowly that year
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the Earth |  |  | the Sun | year | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round sun=Initial\_Location |

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