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title: Zane in Ukraine says, "Our winter holidays are longer than your two… — Seasons, terms and holidays · tree and pragmatics
description: Zane in Ukraine says, "Our winter holidays are longer than your two weeks." Is he right? Test 10 of lesson 113 «Seasons, terms and holidays» 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.
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# Test 10 · Seasons, terms and holidays

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Zane in Ukraine says, "Our winter holidays are longer than your two weeks." Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Zane, winter holidays · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 113 «Seasons, terms and holidays» 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/113-seasons-terms-and-holidays/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zane in Ukraine says, "Our winter holidays are longer than your two weeks."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t10:1
# text = Zane in Ukraine says, "Our winter holidays are longer than your two weeks."
1	Zane	Zane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	ccomp	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Zane in Ukraine |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Our winter holidays |  |  |  | week | long *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t10:2
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, both countries have exactly two weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t10:o1:1
# text = No, both countries have exactly two weeks
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Ukraine has no winter holidays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t10:o2:1
# text = No, Ukraine has no winter holidays
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Ukraine | no winter holidays |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holiday=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Yes, about late December to mid-January, longer than 2 weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, about late December to mid-January, longer than 2 weeks
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mid-January	mid-January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	parataxis	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Ukraine has 3 months off in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:113-seasons-terms-and-holidays:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, Ukraine has 3 months off in winter
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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