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description: A Delhi cousin: "Sir has preponed the party by exactly 7 days, it was on Sunday." What day is the new party? Test 5 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 5 · ★ · What day of the week will it be?

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A Delhi cousin: "Sir has preponed the party by exactly 7 days, it was on Sunday." What day is the new party?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sir, party · **What happens:** prepon, be · **To what, where:** party, new party

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Delhi cousin: "Sir has preponed the party by exactly 7 days, it was on Sunday."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t5:1
# text = A Delhi cousin: "Sir has preponed the party by exactly 7 days, it was on Sunday."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Delhi	Delhi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	preponed	prepon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepon** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Sir | the party |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | party |  |  |  |  | on Sunday | 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:* What day is the new party?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t5:2
# text = What day is the new party?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the new party |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sunday, a week earlier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t5:o1:1
# text = Sunday, a week earlier
1	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Monday, eight days earlier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t5:o2:1
# text = Monday, eight days earlier
1	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sunday, a whole week later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t5:o3:1
# text = Sunday, a whole week later
1	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Saturday, a week earlier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t5:o4:1
# text = Saturday, a week earlier
1	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

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