Test 4 · ★ · What day of the week will it be?
Emily's aunt says Friday the 13th is unlucky and checks 2026: three of them. What should Emily say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: aunt, Friday · What happens: say, be, check · To what, where: 2026 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Emily's aunt says Friday the 13th is unlucky and checks 2026: three of them.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily | Emily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Emily | case |
| 3 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 unlucky | nsubj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 13th | det |
| 7 | 13th | 13th | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 unlucky | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 unlucky | cop |
| 9 | unlucky | unlucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 checks | cc |
| 11 | checks | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | conj |
| 12 | 2026 | 2026 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 checks | obj |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 three | punct |
| 14 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 checks | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 them | case |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 three | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Emily's aunt | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Friday | unlucky property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | check | present | Emily's aunt not said here | 2026 | three of them obl | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2026=Theme |
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: What should Emily say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | Emily | emily | ADV | _ | 4 say | advmod |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | emily property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Friday the 13th happens only every 3 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 13th | det |
| 3 | 13th | 13th | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happens | nsubj |
| 4 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 years | advmod |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 years | det |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 years | nummod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 happens | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | Friday | year | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's a superstition; nothing special happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 superstition | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 superstition | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 superstition | det |
| 4 | superstition | superstition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 happens | nsubj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 nothing | punct |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 superstition | appos |
| 7 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 nothing | amod |
| 8 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a superstition | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | a superstition | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Then 2026 will be three times as unlucky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 2026 | advmod |
| 2 | 2026 | 2026 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 times | nummod |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 times | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 times | cop |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 times | nummod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | ADV | _ | 8 unlucky | advmod |
| 8 | unlucky | unlucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 times | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | future | 2026 three times | tree rules |
Option 4
Every month has a Friday the 13th
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 month | det |
| 2 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 Friday | det |
| 5 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 13th | det |
| 7 | 13th | 13th | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Friday | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | every month | friday | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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