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title: Ryan: "1 January 2000 was a Saturday? You're having a laugh, how wou… — What day of the week will it be? · tree and pragmatics
description: Ryan: "1 January 2000 was a Saturday? You're having a laugh, how would the phone know?" Test 10 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · What day of the week will it be?

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Ryan: "1 January 2000 was a Saturday? You're having a laugh, how would the phone know?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ryan, You, phone · **What happens:** be, have, know · **To what, where:** Saturday, laugh

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 115 «What day of the week will it be?» 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/115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ryan: "1 January 2000 was a Saturday?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t10:1
# text = Ryan: "1 January 2000 was a Saturday?
1	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
5	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | Ryan | a Saturday |  |  |  |  | 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:* You're having a laugh, how would the phone know?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t10:2
# text = You're having a laugh, how would the phone know?"
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · progressive | You | a laugh |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient |
| 2 | **know** | would | the phone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Someone typed in every date by hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t10:o1:1
# text = Someone typed in every date by hand
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	typed	type	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **type** | participle |  |  |  | every date |  | by hand | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in date=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Phones only know dates after 2010

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t10:o2:1
# text = Phones only know dates after 2010
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	2010	2010	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Phones | dates |  |  | after 2010 |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer date=Stimulus |

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

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Calendar rules let computers work out any date's weekday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t10:o3:1
# text = Calendar rules let computers work out any date's weekday
1	Calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	weekday	weekday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | Calendar rules | computers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work out** | infinitive | computers *not said here* | any date's weekday |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weekday=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Phones guess the day at random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t10:o4:1
# text = Phones guess the day at random
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	guess	guess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	random	random	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | present | Phones |  |  | random | day |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at random=Value |

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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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