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title: A boy in Manchester says Diwali was in November last year but will n… — Respecting the festivals and tradition… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Manchester says Diwali was in November last year but will not be in November every year. Why is he right? Test 3 · ★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

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A boy in Manchester says Diwali was in November last year but will not be in November every year. Why is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, Diwali · **What happens:** say, be, not be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» of the everyday 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/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Manchester says Diwali was in November last year but will not be in November every year.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t3:1
# text = A boy in Manchester says Diwali was in November last year but will not be in November every year.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	November	November	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	November	November	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy in Manchester |  |  |  | year |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Diwali |  |  |  | in November last year but November |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is** | future | Diwali *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in November | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t3:2
# text = Why is he right?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Diwali |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Diwali happens only once every ten years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t3:o1:1
# text = Diwali happens only once every ten years
1	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | Diwali |  |  |  | year | once *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Each family picks any date it likes for Diwali, and his family chose November

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t3:o2:1
# text = Each family picks any date it likes for Diwali, and his family chose November
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	picks	pick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	November	November	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | present | each family | any date |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent date=Patient |
| 2 | **like** | present | family | any date *not said here* |  |  |  | for Diwali | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer date=Stimulus for diwali=Attribute |
| 3 | **choose** | past | Diwali's family |  |  |  | november |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Diwali is always held on 25 December

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t3:o3:1
# text = Diwali is always held on 25 December
1	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · passive |  | Diwali |  | 25  December |  | always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on 25=Location |

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

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Diwali follows a lunisolar calendar, so its date moves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t3:o4:1
# text = Diwali follows a lunisolar calendar, so its date moves
1	Diwali	Diwali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lunisolar	lunisolar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | Diwali | a lunisolar calendar |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calendar=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | present | calendar's date |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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