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description: Ewan's mum, highkey annoyed: "Brilliant, a whole extra day in February for nothing." Why does she say it? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 112 «Leap years and 29 February birthdays» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Leap years and 29 February birthdays

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Ewan's mum, highkey annoyed: "Brilliant, a whole extra day in February for nothing." Why does she say it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ewan · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** highkey · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 112 «Leap years and 29 February birthdays» 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/112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ewan's mum, highkey annoyed: "Brilliant, a whole extra day in February for nothing."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t10:1
# text = Ewan's mum, highkey annoyed: "Brilliant, a whole extra day in February for nothing."
1	Ewan	Ewan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	highkey	highkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Why does she say it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t10:2
# text = Why does she say it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 · do-support | Ewan | highkey |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She must pay a tax on 29 February

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t10:o1:1
# text = She must pay a tax on 29 February
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	29	29	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | must | She | a tax |  |  | february |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leap days are always bank holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t10:o2:1
# text = Leap days are always bank holidays
1	Leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
5	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Leap days | bank holidays |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
February has fewer days in a leap year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t10:o3:1
# text = February has fewer days in a leap year
1	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | February |  |  |  | day; year |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Her pay is the same each month, but she works one more day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t10:o4:1
# text = Her pay is the same each month, but she works one more day
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her pay |  |  |  | month | same *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | she |  |  |  | day |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pay** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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