--- title: Dmytro's mate from Newcastle: "Howay man, did they shift Christmas o… — Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Isl… · tree and pragmatics description: Dmytro's mate from Newcastle: "Howay man, did they shift Christmas or what?" ("Howay" means come on.) What's true? 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What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Howay · **What happens:** shift, mean, come on, be · **To what, where:** Christmas · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dmytro's mate from Newcastle: "Howay man, did they shift Christmas or what?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t7:1 # text = Dmytro's mate from Newcastle: "Howay man, did they shift Christmas or what?" 1 Dmytro Dmytro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Newcastle Newcastle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Howay Howay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 shift shift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shift** *in a quote* | past · do-support | Dmytro's mate from Newcastle | Christmas | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer christmas=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("Howay" means come on.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t7:2 # text = ("Howay" means come on.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Howay Howay 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 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 7 on on ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Howay | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come on** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t7:3 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 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 . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Ukraine moved its state Christmas from the Julian date to 25 December in 2023 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t7:o1:1 # text = Ukraine moved its state Christmas from the Julian date to 25 December in 2023 1 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ 12 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:unmarked _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 2023 2023 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | Ukraine | its state | | the Julian date | | to 25 December; in 2023 | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent state=Theme from date=Source to 25=Trajectory in 2023=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Christmas moved because the Bible was rewritten ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t7:o2:1 # text = Christmas moved because the Bible was rewritten 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 rewritten rewrite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | Christmas | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **rewrite** | past · passive | | the Bible | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody in Ukraine keeps 7 January any more ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t7:o3:1 # text = Nobody in Ukraine keeps 7 January any more 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 January January PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 any any ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Nobody | | | | january | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Christmas was always on 25 December in Ukraine ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t7:o4:1 # text = Christmas was always on 25 December in Ukraine 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 6 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Christmas | | | 25 | december | always *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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