--- title: Zoe's mum: "Payday's the last Friday, month's 30 days, starts on a T… — What day of the week will it be? · tree and pragmatics description: Zoe's mum: "Payday's the last Friday, month's 30 days, starts on a Thursday. Do the needful and tell me the date." Test 8 · ★ 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; Mov --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · What day of the week will it be? Zoe's mum: "Payday's the last Friday, month's 30 days, starts on a Thursday. Do the needful and tell me the date." **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Payday, mum, you · **What happens:** be, start, do, tell · **To what, where:** last Friday, needful, date, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Zoe's mum: "Payday's the last Friday, month's 30 days, starts on a Thursday. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t8:1 # text = Zoe's mum: "Payday's the last Friday, month's 30 days, starts on a Thursday. 1 Zoe Zoe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Payday Payday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Thursday Thursday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Payday | the last Friday | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **start** *in a quote* | present | Zoe's mum | | | | thursday | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* Do the needful and tell me the date." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t8:2 # text = Do the needful and tell me the date." 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 needful needful NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | the needful | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the date | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient date=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The 2nd ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t8:o1:1 # text = The 2nd 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 2nd 2nd NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The 30th ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t8:o2:1 # text = The 30th 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 30th 30th NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The 23rd ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t8:o3:1 # text = The 23rd 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 23rd 23rd NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The 29th ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:115-what-day-of-the-week-will-it-be:t8:o4:1 # text = The 29th 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 29th 29th NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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