--- title: Mia says Easter's on the same date every year. true? — Festivals, holidays and traditions in… · tree and pragmatics description: Mia says Easter's on the same date every year. true? Test 12 of lesson 97 «Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking world» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/t12/) [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/) / [Festivals, holidays and traditions in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/) / t12 # Test 12 · Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking… Mia says Easter's on the same date every year. true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 of lesson 97 «Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking world» 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/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t12:1 # text = Mia says Easter's on the same date every year. true? 1 Mia Mia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Easter Easter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 12 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia | | | | year | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} No, it changes because of the weather ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t12:o1:1 # text = No, it changes because of the weather 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | it | | | | | because the weather | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, it is always on 1 April ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, it is always on 1 April 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 April April PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | on 1 April; always *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, it is always the same Sunday ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, it is always the same Sunday 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | the same Sunday | | | | always *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, its date changes each year because it follows the Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:t12:o4:1 # text = No, its date changes each year because it follows the Moon 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | its date | | | | year | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **follow** | present | date | the Moon | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme | **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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