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description: Identify the date of "the second Friday in June", given that the first of June is a Monday. Exam question 3 of lesson 115 «What day of the week will it be?» 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 wro
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# Exam question 3 · What day of the week will it be?

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Identify the date of "the second Friday in June", given that the first of June is a Monday.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, first · **What happens:** identify, give, be · **To what, where:** date, June, Monday

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 115 «What day of the week will it be?» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:e3:1
# text = Identify the date of "the second Friday in June", given that the first of June is a Monday.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the date of the second Friday and June |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent date=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | June *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the first of June | a Monday |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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5 June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:e3:o1:1
# text = 5 June
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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9 June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:e3:o2:1
# text = 9 June
1	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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12 June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:e3:o3:1
# text = 12 June
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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13 June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:e3:o4:1
# text = 13 June
1	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

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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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