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# Test 5 · ★ · Leap years and 29 February birthdays

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Ciara's gran: "Back in my day 29 Feb was the only day a girl could propose, what craic!" What is true today?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** be, propose, craic · **To what, where:** only day

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ciara's gran: "Back in my day 29 Feb was the only day a girl could propose, what craic!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t5:1
# text = Ciara's gran: "Back in my day 29 Feb was the only day a girl could propose, what craic!"
1	Ciara	Ciara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	29	29	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	_
11	Feb	February	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
22	craic	craic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | the only day |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **propose** *in a quote* | could | a girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **craic** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true today?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t5:2
# text = What is true today?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only men may propose on 29 February

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t5:o1:1
# text = Only men may propose on 29 February
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	29	29	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | may | men |  |  |  | february |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is still the law in Ireland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t5:o2:1
# text = It is still the law in Ireland
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Proposals made on any other day still do not count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t5:o3:1
# text = Proposals made on any other day still do not count
1	Proposals	proposal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | Proposals *not said here* |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | Proposals |  |  |  | still |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It's an old custom; anyone can propose any day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:112-leap-years-and-29-february-birthdays:t5:o4:1
# text = It's an old custom; anyone can propose any day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a old custom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **propose** | can | anyone |  |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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