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title: Jack's dad: "In 1752 folk rioted, yelling 'give us our eleven days!'… — How our calendar was made: Romans, Jul… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack's dad: "In 1752 folk rioted, yelling 'give us our eleven days!' Fact." What would a careful historian say? Test 6 · ★ 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 qu
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# Test 6 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…

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Jack's dad: "In 1752 folk rioted, yelling 'give us our eleven days!' Fact." What would a careful historian say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, careful historian · **What happens:** riot, yell, give, say · **To what, where:** 1752 folk, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack's dad: "In 1752 folk rioted, yelling 'give us our eleven days!'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t6:1
# text = Jack's dad: "In 1752 folk rioted, yelling 'give us our eleven days!'
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	In	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	1752	1752	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
9	rioted	riot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	advcl	_	_
12	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
14	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **riot** *in a quote* | past | Jack's dad |  |  | 1752 folk |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | Jack's dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | us |  | day |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=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:* Fact."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t6:2
# text = Fact."
1	Fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What would a careful historian say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t6:3
# text = What would a careful historian say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	historian	historian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a careful historian |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It's true, but it happened in Kyiv in 1918

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t6:o1:1
# text = It's true, but it happened in Kyiv in 1918
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1918	1918	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | past | it |  |  | Kyiv |  | in 1918 | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in kyiv=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's true, and the king gave back five of the days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t6:o2:1
# text = It's true, and the king gave back five of the days
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give back** | past | the king | five of the days |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's true, and the angry riots won the eleven days back again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t6:o3:1
# text = It's true, and the angry riots won the eleven days back again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	riots	riot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | past | the angry riots |  |  |  | again; day |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The riots probably never happened; the story is likely a myth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t6:o4:1
# text = The riots probably never happened; the story is likely a myth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	riots	riot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | past | the riots |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the story |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

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