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title: State which of the following is true of Hanukkah. — Respecting the festivals and tradition… · tree and pragmatics
description: State which of the following is true of Hanukkah. Exam question 4 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

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State which of the following is true of Hanukkah.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State · **What happens:** follow, be

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e4:1
# text = State which of the following is true of Hanukkah.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Hanukkah	Hanukkah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund | State |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | State |  |  |  |  | of Hanukkah; true *property* | tree rules |

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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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A Muslim festival following a month of fasting, with gifts of sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e4:o1:1
# text = A Muslim festival following a month of fasting, with gifts of sweets
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fasting	fasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund | a Muslim festival with gifts of sweets *not said here* |  |  |  | month |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | sweets |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A Chinese festival with red envelopes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e4:o2:1
# text = A Chinese festival with red envelopes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	envelopes	envelope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A Christian festival upon 25 December

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e4:o3:1
# text = A Christian festival upon 25 December
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A Jewish festival of lights lasting eight nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:e4:o4:1
# text = A Jewish festival of lights lasting eight nights
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	lasting	last	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
7	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | gerund | a Jewish festival of lights *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: 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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