--- title: What would happen if every month had exactly 4 weeks? — Days, weeks and months · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if every month had exactly 4 weeks? Test 10 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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Days, weeks and months What would happen if every month had exactly 4 weeks? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** month · **What happens:** happen, have This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t10:1 # text = What would happen if every month had exactly 4 weeks? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | every month | | | | week | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A year of 12 months would be only 336 days, too short ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t10:o1:1 # text = A year of 12 months would be only 336 days, too short 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 336 336 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | would | a year of 12 months | 336 days | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | a year of 12 months *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t10:o2:1 # text = Nothing would change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} A year would still be 365 days ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t10:o3:1 # text = A year would still be 365 days 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 365 365 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | | 365 | | | still | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} A year would be 400 days, too long ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t10:o4:1 # text = A year would be 400 days, too long 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 400 400 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | would | a year | 400 days | | | | long *property* | tree rules | **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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