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title: Amira asks, "Who's right, Dubai (in the United Arab Emirates) with S… — Days, weeks and months · tree and pragmatics
description: Amira asks, "Who's right, Dubai (in the United Arab Emirates) with Saturday and Sunday off, or Saudi with Friday and Saturday?" Test 3 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
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# Test 3 · Days, weeks and months

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Amira asks, "Who's right, Dubai (in the United Arab Emirates) with Saturday and Sunday off, or Saudi with Friday and Saturday?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Amira · **What happens:** ask, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t3:1
# text = Amira asks, "Who's right, Dubai (in the United Arab Emirates) with Saturday and Sunday off, or Saudi with Friday and Saturday?"
1	Amira	Amira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	Arab	Arab	PROPN	NNP	_	15	flat	_	_
15	Emirates	Emirates	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
21	off	off	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	Saudi	Saudi	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Amira |  |  |  | saturday | off *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | Dubai *obl*; right *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Neither, because the real weekend is only ever Sunday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t3:o1:1
# text = Neither, because the real weekend is only ever Sunday
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	weekend	weekend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the real weekend | Sunday |  |  | ever | neither *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only Dubai, because weekends must be Saturday and Sunday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t3:o2:1
# text = Only Dubai, because weekends must be Saturday and Sunday
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must | weekends | Saturday and Sunday |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only Saudi Arabia, because Friday is always a day off everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t3:o3:1
# text = Only Saudi Arabia, because Friday is always a day off everywhere
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Saudi	Saudi	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Arabia	Arabia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Friday | a day |  |  |  | always, everywhere *property* | tree rules |

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

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Neither is wrong; countries choose their own weekends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t3:o4:1
# text = Neither is wrong; countries choose their own weekends
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Neither |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **choose** | present | countries |  |  |  | weekend |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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