--- title: A calendar with no leap years has been used for 400 years. What has… — Time zones and the calendar · tree and pragmatics description: A calendar with no leap years has been used for 400 years. What has happened? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/9-time-zones-and-the-calendar/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Time zones and the calendar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/9-time-zones-and-the-calendar/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Time zones and the calendar A calendar with no leap years has been used for 400 years. What has happened? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** use, happen · **To what, where:** calendar This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» 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/9-time-zones-and-the-calendar/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A calendar with no leap years has been used for 400 years. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t8:1 # text = A calendar with no leap years has been used for 400 years. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 5 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 400 400 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present · perfect · passive | | a calendar with no leap years | | | year | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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:* What has happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t8:2 # text = What has happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It is still exactly right ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t8:o1:1 # text = It is still exactly right 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | still | exactly, right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It has slipped a whole year behind ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t8:o2:1 # text = It has slipped a whole year behind 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 behind behind ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slip** | present · perfect · passive | | It | | | year | behind *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It has slipped about one day behind ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t8:o3:1 # text = It has slipped about one day behind 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 behind behind ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slip** | present · perfect · passive | | It | | | day | behind *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It has slipped about a hundred days behind the seasons ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t8:o4:1 # text = It has slipped about a hundred days behind the seasons 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 behind behind ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slip** | present · perfect · passive | | It | | | day; season | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | **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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