--- title: Max: "My birthday's always on a Saturday!" His sister: "No chance."… — What day of the week will it be? · tree and pragmatics description: Max: "My birthday's always on a Saturday!" His sister: "No chance." Who's right? Test 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [What day of the week will it be?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · What day of the week will it be? Max: "My birthday's always on a Saturday!" His sister: "No chance." Who's right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Max: "My birthday's always on a Saturday!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t3:1 # text = Max: "My birthday's always on a Saturday!" 1 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 10 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Saturday Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* His sister: "No chance." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t3:2 # text = His sister: "No chance." 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Who's right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t3:3 # text = Who's right? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Max, but only in leap years ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t3:o1:1 # text = Max, but only in leap years 1 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The sister; birthdays move round the week ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t3:o2:1 # text = The sister; birthdays move round the week 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 birthdays birthday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 round round ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | present | the sister's birthdays | | | | week | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Neither; birthdays are always on Sundays ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t3:o3:1 # text = Neither; birthdays are always on Sundays 1 Neither neither ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 birthdays birthday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Sundays Sunday PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | birthdays | | | | | on Sundays; always *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Max; birthdays always keep the same weekday ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t3:o4:1 # text = Max; birthdays always keep the same weekday 1 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 birthdays birthday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 weekday weekday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | Max birthdays | the same weekday | | | | always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weekday=Theme | **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. 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