--- title: Leo counts a fortnight from Saturday 3rd and gets Friday 17th. What'… — Days, weeks and months · tree and pragmatics description: Leo counts a fortnight from Saturday 3rd and gets Friday 17th. What's wrong? Test 11 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 wrong. --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · Days, weeks and months Leo counts a fortnight from Saturday 3rd and gets Friday 17th. What's wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo · **What happens:** count, get, be · **To what, where:** Saturday 3rd, Friday 17th This is test 11 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Leo counts a fortnight from Saturday 3rd and gets Friday 17th. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t11:1 # text = Leo counts a fortnight from Saturday 3rd and gets Friday 17th. 1 Leo Leo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fortnight fortnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 3rd 3rd NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 17th 17th ADJ NNP Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | Leo | | | Saturday 3rd | fortnight | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **get** | present | Leo *not said here* | Friday 17th | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 17th=Stimulus | 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's wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t11:2 # text = What's wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It should be Saturday 10th ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t11:o1:1 # text = It should be Saturday 10th 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 10th 10th NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | should | It | Saturday 10th | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It should be Sunday 18th ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t11:o2:1 # text = It should be Sunday 18th 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 18th 18th ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | should | It | Sunday | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A fortnight later is the same weekday, Saturday 17th ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t11:o3:1 # text = A fortnight later is the same weekday, Saturday 17th 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fortnight fortnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 weekday weekday NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 10 17th 17th ADJ NNP Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 9 flat _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a fortnight | the same weekday | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} A fortnight is 13 days, so Friday is right ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t11:o4:1 # text = A fortnight is 13 days, so Friday is right 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fortnight fortnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a fortnight | 13 days | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | Friday | | | | | right *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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