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title: Priya: "Diwali's November this year and October last year, it's well… — Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Isl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Priya: "Diwali's November this year and October last year, it's well random." Is it random? Test 9 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 9 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale…

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Priya: "Diwali's November this year and October last year, it's well random." Is it random?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Priya, it · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Priya: "Diwali's November this year and October last year, it's well random."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t9:1
# text = Priya: "Diwali's November this year and October last year, it's well random."
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	November	November	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	October	October	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
17	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Priya |  |  |  |  | random, well *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Is it random?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t9:2
# text = Is it random?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, it can fall in any month at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, it can fall in any month at all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | can | it |  |  | all | month |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

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

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No, it follows the Moon and Sun, so it moves but stays in autumn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t9:o2:1
# text = No, it follows the Moon and Sun, so it moves but stays in autumn
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | it | the Moon and Sun |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** | present |  |  |  |  | autumn |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a new date is drawn out of a hat each year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t9:o3:1
# text = Yes, a new date is drawn out of a hat each year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw out** | present · passive |  | a new date |  | a hat | year |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary hat=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is on the very same date every year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t9:o4:1
# text = No, it is on the very same date every year
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  | the same date | year |  | tree rules |

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