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title: Emily's aunt says Friday the 13th is unlucky and checks 2026: three… — What day of the week will it be? · tree and pragmatics
description: Emily's aunt says Friday the 13th is unlucky and checks 2026: three of them. What should Emily say? Test 4 · ★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★ · What day of the week will it be?

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Emily's aunt says Friday the 13th is unlucky and checks 2026: three of them. What should Emily say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** aunt, Friday · **What happens:** say, be, check · **To what, where:** 2026 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Emily's aunt says Friday the 13th is unlucky and checks 2026: three of them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t4:1
# text = Emily's aunt says Friday the 13th is unlucky and checks 2026: three of them.
1	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	13th	13th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	2026	2026	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Emily's aunt |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Friday |  |  |  |  | unlucky *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **check** | present | Emily's aunt *not said here* | 2026 |  |  |  | three of them *obl* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2026=Theme |

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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 should Emily say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t4:2
# text = What should Emily say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Emily	emily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | should |  |  |  |  |  | emily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Friday the 13th happens only every 3 years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t4:o1:1
# text = Friday the 13th happens only every 3 years
1	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	13th	13th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | Friday |  |  |  | year |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It's a superstition; nothing special happens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t4:o2:1
# text = It's a superstition; nothing special happens
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	superstition	superstition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	appos	_	_
7	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a superstition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | present | a superstition |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Then 2026 will be three times as unlucky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t4:o3:1
# text = Then 2026 will be three times as unlucky
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	2026	2026	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | future |  | 2026 three times |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Every month has a Friday the 13th

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t4:o4:1
# text = Every month has a Friday the 13th
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	13th	13th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
```

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

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