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title: Identify the principal reason for which festivals such as Diwali, Ei… — Respecting the festivals and tradition… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which festivals such as Diwali, Eid and Hanukkah fall on different dates each year. Exam question 2 of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 2 · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

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Identify the principal reason for which festivals such as Diwali, Eid and Hanukkah fall on different dates each year.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, festivals · **What happens:** identify, fall · **To what, where:** principal reason, different dates

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which festivals such as Diwali, Eid and Hanukkah fall on different dates each year.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
7	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Eid	Eid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Hanukkah	Hanukkah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | present | festivals such Diwali and Eid and Hanukkah |  |  | different dates | year | for the principal reason | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on date=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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They are fixed by each school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e2:o1:1
# text = They are fixed by each school
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present · passive | each school | They |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They depend upon the weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e2:o2:1
# text = They depend upon the weather
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	depend	depend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | They |  |  |  |  | upon the weather | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are chosen by each family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e2:o3:1
# text = They are chosen by each family
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present · passive | each family | They |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They follow lunar or lunisolar calendars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e2:o4:1
# text = They follow lunar or lunisolar calendars
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lunar	lunar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lunisolar	lunisolar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	calendars	calendar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | They | lunar calendars |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calendar=Theme |

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