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title: Holly says, "But it's a day! Days get capitals!" What is the French… — Days of the week and months · tree and pragmatics
description: Holly says, "But it's a day! Days get capitals!" What is the French rule? Test 1 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · Days of the week and months

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Holly says, "But it's a day! Days get capitals!" What is the French rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Holly, it, Days, French rule · **What happens:** say, be, get · **To what, where:** day, capitals · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» of the French 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/french/10-days-of-the-week-and-months/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Holly says, "But it's a day!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t1:1
# text = Holly says, "But it's a day!
1	Holly	Holly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Holly |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | a day |  |  |  |  | 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:* Days get capitals!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t1:2
# text = Days get capitals!"
1	Days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	capitals	capital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Days | capitals |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer capital=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the French rule?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t1:3
# text = What is the French rule?
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	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the French rule |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only lundi and dimanche take capitals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t1:o1:1
# text = Only lundi and dimanche take capitals
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	lundi	lundi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	dimanche	dimanche	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	capitals	capital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | lundi and dimanche | capitals |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Days take capitals only in Quebec

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t1:o2:1
# text = Days take capitals only in Quebec
1	Days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	capitals	capital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Quebec	Quebec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Days | capitals |  | Quebec |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent capital=Value in quebec=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Days take a capital letter, but months are always written small, as in English

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t1:o3:1
# text = Days take a capital letter, but months are always written small, as in English
1	Days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Days | a capital letter |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
| 2 | **write** | present · passive |  | months |  |  |  | as English; always, small *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as english=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Days and months take a small letter unless they start a sentence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:t1:o4:1
# text = Days and months take a small letter unless they start a sentence
1	Days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Days and months | a small letter |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
| 2 | **start** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | a sentence |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Eventuality |

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