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title: Yusuf, in London: "Fasting in summer is long, innit, the days go on… — Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Isl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yusuf, in London: "Fasting in summer is long, innit, the days go on forever." Why would fasting in winter feel shorter? Test 4 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 4 · Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish cale…

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Yusuf, in London: "Fasting in summer is long, innit, the days go on forever." Why would fasting in winter feel shorter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Yusuf, days · **What happens:** fast, be, go on, feel · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 117 «Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine» 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/117-other-calendars/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Yusuf, in London: "Fasting in summer is long, innit, the days go on forever."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t4:1
# text = Yusuf, in London: "Fasting in summer is long, innit, the days go on forever."
1	Yusuf	Yusuf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Fasting	fast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
18	on	on	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fast** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  | summer |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Yusuf in London |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go on** *in a quote* | present | the days |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Why would fasting in winter feel shorter?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t4:2
# text = Why would fasting in winter feel shorter?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fasting	fast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fast** | would |  |  |  |  | winter |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | short *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Winter days are short, so dawn to sunset is fewer hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t4:o1:1
# text = Winter days are short, so dawn to sunset is fewer hours
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Winter days |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | dawn to sunset | fewer hours |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Sun sets right at noon in the middle of a British winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t4:o2:1
# text = The Sun sets right at noon in the middle of a British winter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sets	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | present | the Sun |  |  | the middle of a British winter | noon | right *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in middle=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In winter Ramadan has only 20 days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t4:o3:1
# text = In winter Ramadan has only 20 days
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Ramadan |  |  |  | day; winter |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People do not fast at all in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:117-other-calendars:t4:o4:1
# text = People do not fast at all in winter
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | People |  |  |  | winter | fast *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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