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title: Max's sister says the week has 7 days "cos God made it", Dad says "c… — Days, weeks and months · tree and pragmatics
description: Max's sister says the week has 7 days "cos God made it", Dad says "cos of the Moon, sort of". What's the fairest answer? Test 9 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 choi
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# Test 9 · Days, weeks and months

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Max's sister says the week has 7 days "cos God made it", Dad says "cos of the Moon, sort of". What's the fairest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, week, God, Dad, fairest answer · **What happens:** say, have, make, be · **To what, where:** it, cos · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Max's sister says the week has 7 days "cos God made it", Dad says "cos of the Moon, sort of".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t9:1
# text = Max's sister says the week has 7 days "cos God made it", Dad says "cos of the Moon, sort of".
1	Max	Max	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
19	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Max's sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | the week |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** *in a quote* | past | God | it |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dad | cos of the Moon  sort |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent co=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the fairest answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t9:2
# text = What's the fairest answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fairest answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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There are several reasons, including both, and nobody is totally sure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t9:o1:1
# text = There are several reasons, including both, and nobody is totally sure
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	including	including	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | several reasons including both |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  | sure, totally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the sister is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t9:o2:1
# text = Only the sister is right
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the sister |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Neither; the week has 7 days by accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t9:o3:1
# text = Neither; the week has 7 days by accident
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the week |  |  |  | day | by accident; neither *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only Dad is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:111-days-weeks-and-months:t9:o4:1
# text = Only Dad is right
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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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