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title: how come feb's got 29 days some years — Time zones and the calendar · tree and pragmatics
description: how come feb's got 29 days some years Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Time zones and the calendar

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how come feb's got 29 days some years

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** get

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Time zones and the calendar» 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/9-time-zones-and-the-calendar/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t11:1
# text = how come feb's got 29 days some years
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	come	come	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
3	feb	February	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
6	29	29	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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To keep the calendar in step with the extra 6 hours each year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t11:o1:1
# text = To keep the calendar in step with the extra 6 hours each year
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the calendar |  |  | hour; year | in step | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent calendar=Theme in step=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because the Moon goes faster those years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t11:o2:1
# text = Because the Moon goes faster those years
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | the Moon |  |  |  | year | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Just to make February longer for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t11:o3:1
# text = Just to make February longer for fun
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | february | long *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the Earth spins slower in February

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:9-time-zones-and-the-calendar:t11:o4:1
# text = Because the Earth spins slower in February
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | the Earth |  |  |  | february | slow *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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