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title: Lily's teacher: "1st of the month's a Tuesday, what's the 15th, y'al… — What day of the week will it be? · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily's teacher: "1st of the month's a Tuesday, what's the 15th, y'all?" A boy shouts, "Thursday, cos 15 is odd!" Put him right. Test 6 · ★ 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 eac
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# Test 6 · ★ · What day of the week will it be?

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Lily's teacher: "1st of the month's a Tuesday, what's the 15th, y'all?" A boy shouts, "Thursday, cos 15 is odd!" Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** 1st, teacher, boy, 15, you · **What happens:** be, shout, co, put · **To what, where:** Tuesday, 15th, boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily's teacher: "1st of the month's a Tuesday, what's the 15th, y'all?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t6:1
# text = Lily's teacher: "1st of the month's a Tuesday, what's the 15th, y'all?"
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	1st	1st	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	12	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	15th	15th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	y'all	y'all	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | 1st of the month | a Tuesday |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Lily's teacher and the 15th and y'all | the 15th |  |  |  |  | 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:* A boy shouts, "Thursday, cos 15 is odd!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t6:2
# text = A boy shouts, "Thursday, cos 15 is odd!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	cos	co	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a boy |  |  |  | thursday |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **co** *in a quote* | present | a boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | 15 |  |  |  |  | odd *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t6:3
# text = Put him right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | boy |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Monday; the 15th always is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t6:o1:1
# text = Monday; the 15th always is
1	Monday	Monday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	15th	15th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	1	appos	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the 15th |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tuesday; 15 is 14 days, two whole weeks, after the 1st

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t6:o2:1
# text = Tuesday; 15 is 14 days, two whole weeks, after the 1st
1	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	1st	1st	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | 15 14 days and two whole weeks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wednesday; add one day each week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t6:o3:1
# text = Wednesday; add one day each week
1	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Wednesday |  |  |  | day; week |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Thursday; odd dates fall on Thursdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t6:o4:1
# text = Thursday; odd dates fall on Thursdays
1	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Thursdays	Thursday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | Thursday odd dates |  |  |  | thursday |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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