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description: Arash, whose gran lives in Bristol: "Our New Year's the first day of spring, proper job!" ("Proper job" is West Country for great.) When is it? Test 10 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» of the world course of Mova's primary scho
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# Test 10 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale…

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Arash, whose gran lives in Bristol: "Our New Year's the first day of spring, proper job!" ("Proper job" is West Country for great.) When is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Arash, Proper job, job · **What happens:** live, be · **To what, where:** Bristol, West Country

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This is test 10 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» 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/117-other-calendars/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Arash, whose gran lives in Bristol: "Our New Year's the first day of spring, proper job!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t10:1
# text = Arash, whose gran lives in Bristol: "Our New Year's the first day of spring, proper job!"
1	Arash	Arash	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Arash |  |  | Bristol | day |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bristol=Location |

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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:* ("Proper job" is West Country for great.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t10:2
# text = ("Proper job" is West Country for great.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Proper job | West Country |  |  |  | for great | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* When is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t10:3
# text = When is it?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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About 21 June, midsummer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t10:o1:1
# text = About 21 June, midsummer
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	midsummer	midsummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Exactly 1 January, like us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t10:o2:1
# text = Exactly 1 January, like us
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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About 20 or 21 March

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t10:o3:1
# text = About 20 or 21 March
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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About 1 September each year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t10:o4:1
# text = About 1 September each year
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	September	September	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

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