--- title: Finn scratches his head: "January's got 31... so it's got 28 in it t… — Trick questions that catch quick think… · tree and pragmatics description: Finn scratches his head: "January's got 31... so it's got 28 in it too. Ohhh." So how many months have 28 days? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/t3/) [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/) / [Trick questions that catch quick think…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Trick questions that catch quick thinkers Finn scratches his head: "January's got 31... so it's got 28 in it too. Ohhh." So how many months have 28 days? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Finn, January, head, many months · **What happens:** scratch, get, have · **To what, where:** head, 31, 28, it This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 181 «Trick questions that catch quick thinkers» 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/181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Finn scratches his head: "January's got 31... so it's got 28 in it too. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t3:1 # text = Finn scratches his head: "January's got 31... so it's got 28 in it too. 1 Finn Finn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 scratches scratch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 January January PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 10 31 31 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ... ... PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 16 28 28 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | present | Finn | Finn's head | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | January | 31 | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 31=Stimulus | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | head | 28 | | it | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 28=Stimulus | 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:* Ohhh." ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t3:2 # text = Ohhh." 1 Ohhh Ohhh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* So how many months have 28 days? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t3:3 # text = So how many months have 28 days? 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 28 28 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | many months | | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t3:o1:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t3:o2:1 # text = One 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} All 12 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t3:o3:1 # text = All 12 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:181-trick-questions-that-catch-quick-thinkers:t3:o4:1 # text = Seven 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 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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