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title: Abel's mate from the Valleys: "13 months? I'd be tamping, that's an… — How our calendar was made: Romans, Jul… · tree and pragmatics
description: Abel's mate from the Valleys: "13 months? I'd be tamping, that's an extra month of school!" ("Tamping" is Welsh slang for furious.) What does the Ethiopian calendar really have? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 116 «How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory» of the world course of Mova's
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# Test 8 · ★ · How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope…

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Abel's mate from the Valleys: "13 months? I'd be tamping, that's an extra month of school!" ("Tamping" is Welsh slang for furious.) What does the Ethiopian calendar really have?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, that, Tamping, Ethiopian calendar · **What happens:** tamp, be, have · **To what, where:** extra month, Welsh slang

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Abel's mate from the Valleys: "13 months?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t8:1
# text = Abel's mate from the Valleys: "13 months?
1	Abel	Abel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Valleys	Valley	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* I'd be tamping, that's an extra month of school!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t8:2
# text = I'd be tamping, that's an extra month of school!"
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	tamping	tamp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tamp** | would · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | a extra month |  |  |  | of school | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* ("Tamping" is Welsh slang for furious.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t8:3
# text = ("Tamping" is Welsh slang for furious.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Tamping | Welsh slang |  |  |  | for furious | tree rules |

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*Sentence 4:* What does the Ethiopian calendar really have?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t8:4
# text = What does the Ethiopian calendar really have?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Ethiopian	ethiopian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | the Ethiopian calendar |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
13 months of 28 days each, every single year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t8:o1:1
# text = 13 months of 28 days each, every single year
1	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	28	28	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
13 months of 30 days, making 390 days a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t8:o2:1
# text = 13 months of 30 days, making 390 days a year
1	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	390	390	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund | 13 months of 30 days |  |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
12 months of 30 days and a short 13th month of 5 or 6 days

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t8:o3:1
# text = 12 months of 30 days and a short 13th month of 5 or 6 days
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	13th	13th	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	conj	_	_
15	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
12 months and a spare week added in summer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:116-how-our-calendar-was-made:t8:o4:1
# text = 12 months and a spare week added in summer
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spare	spare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle · passive |  | 12 months |  |  | summer; week |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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