--- title: Mo shows the knuckle trick but starts on the second knuckle. What wo… — Days, weeks and months · tree and pragmatics description: Mo shows the knuckle trick but starts on the second knuckle. What would go wrong? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Days, weeks and months Mo shows the knuckle trick but starts on the second knuckle. What would go wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mo · **What happens:** show, start, go · **To what, where:** knuckle trick, second knuckle This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mo shows the knuckle trick but starts on the second knuckle. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t8:1 # text = Mo shows the knuckle trick but starts on the second knuckle. 1 Mo Mo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 knuckle knuckle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 knuckle knuckle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | Mo | the knuckle trick | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent trick=Recipient | | 2 | **start** | present | Mo *not said here* | | | the second knuckle | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 would go wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t8:2 # text = What would go wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | would | | | | | | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Every month would come out with 31 days ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t8:o1:1 # text = Every month would come out with 31 days 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 31 31 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | would | every month | | | | day | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} February would come out with 30 days ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t8:o2:1 # text = February would come out with 30 days 1 February February PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | would | February | | | | day | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The months would land on the wrong knuckles and dips ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t8:o3:1 # text = The months would land on the wrong knuckles and dips 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 land land VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 knuckles knuckle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 dips dip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **land** | would | the months | | | the wrong knuckles and dips | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on knuckle=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing; you can start anywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t8:o4:1 # text = Nothing; you can start anywhere 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | can | you | | | | | anywhere *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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