--- title: ★★★ Niall's party is on Saturday. Bríd needs the form two days befor… — Friends who get it · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Niall's party is on Saturday. Bríd needs the form two days before. What is the latest day she can sign it? 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What is the latest day she can sign it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** party, Bríd, latest day · **What happens:** be, need, sign · **To what, where:** form This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» of the everyday 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/everyday/525-friends-who-get-it/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Niall's party is on Saturday. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t8:1 # text = ★★★ Niall's party is on Saturday. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 4 Niall Niall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Niall's party | | | | | on Saturday | tree rules | 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:* Bríd needs the form two days before. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t8:2 # text = Bríd needs the form two days before. 1 Bríd Bríd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 before before ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Bríd | the form | | | | before *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot form=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What is the latest day she can sign it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t8:3 # text = What is the latest day she can sign it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 latest late ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 sign sign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the latest day | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sign** | can | Bríd | form | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Thursday ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t8:o1:1 # text = Thursday 1 Thursday Thursday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Wednesday ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t8:o2:1 # text = Wednesday 1 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Friday ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t8:o3:1 # text = Friday 1 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Saturday ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:525-friends-who-get-it:t8:o4:1 # text = Saturday 1 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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