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title: Aisha's uncle in Bradford: "We wait for the moon, habibti." ("Habibt… — Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Isl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Aisha's uncle in Bradford: "We wait for the moon, habibti." ("Habibti" means my dear, in Arabic.) Her cousin in another country had Eid a day earlier. How can that be? Test 5 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» of the world course
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# Test 5 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aisha's uncle in Bradford: "We wait for the moon, habibti." ("Habibti" means my dear, in Arabic.) Her cousin in another country had Eid a day earlier. How can that be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** uncle, Habibti, cousin, that · **What happens:** wait, mean, have, be · **To what, where:** dear, Eid

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aisha's uncle in Bradford: "We wait for the moon, habibti."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t5:1
# text = Aisha's uncle in Bradford: "We wait for the moon, habibti."
1	Aisha	Aisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Bradford	Bradford	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	habibti	habibti	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | present | Aisha's uncle in Bradford |  |  |  |  | for the moon | 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:* ("Habibti" means my dear, in Arabic.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t5:2
# text = ("Habibti" means my dear, in Arabic.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Habibti	Habibti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Habibti | my dear |  |  |  | in Arabic | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot dear=Theme in arabic=Attribute |

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*Sentence 3:* Her cousin in another country had Eid a day earlier.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t5:3
# text = Her cousin in another country had Eid a day earlier.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Eid	Eid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | habibti's cousin in another country | Eid |  |  | day | early *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eid=Patient |

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*Sentence 4:* How can that be?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t5:4
# text = How can that be?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **can** | can | that |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Eid lasts one hour, so places take turns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t5:o1:1
# text = Eid lasts one hour, so places take turns
1	Eid	Eid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | present | Eid |  |  |  | hour |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | present | places | turns |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some places use moon sightings, others calculations, so dates can differ by a day

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t5:o2:1
# text = Some places use moon sightings, others calculations, so dates can differ by a day
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sightings	sighting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	calculations	calculation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	differ	differ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | some places | moon sightings and others calculations |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sighting=Patient |
| 2 | **differ** | can | dates |  |  |  | day |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Moon is new a week later in Bradford

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t5:o3:1
# text = The Moon is new a week later in Bradford
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Bradford	Bradford	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Moon |  |  | Bradford |  | late, new *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One of them must have read the wrong year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t5:o4:1
# text = One of them must have read the wrong year
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | must · perfect · passive |  | One of them |  |  | year |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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