--- title: Zack's teacher says "close but no cigar" to his 48-week year. What d… — Days, weeks and months · tree and pragmatics description: Zack's teacher says "close but no cigar" to his 48-week year. What does she mean? Test 1 of lesson 111 «Days, weeks and months» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/t1/) [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/) / [Days, weeks and months](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/111-days-weeks-and-months/) / t1 # Test 1 · Days, weeks and months Zack's teacher says "close but no cigar" to his 48-week year. What does she mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, Zack · **What happens:** say, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 111 «Days, weeks and months» 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/111-days-weeks-and-months/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Zack's teacher says "close but no cigar" to his 48-week year. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t1:1 # text = Zack's teacher says "close but no cigar" to his 48-week year. 1 Zack Zack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 cigar cigar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 13 48 48 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Zack's teacher | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 does she mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t1:2 # text = What does she mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | Zack | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Totally wrong; it is 100 weeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t1:o1:1 # text = Totally wrong; it is 100 weeks 1 Totally totally ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | wrong 100 weeks | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Right, but only in a leap year ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t1:o2:1 # text = Right, but only in a leap year 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nearly right, but wrong; it is 52 weeks and a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t1:o3:1 # text = Nearly right, but wrong; it is 52 weeks and a day 1 Nearly nearly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 52 52 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | right 52 weeks and a day | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Exactly right, well done ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t1:o4:1 # text = Exactly right, well done 1 Exactly exactly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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