--- title: It is given that the old Roman year commenced in March. Ascertain th… — Days of the week and months · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the old Roman year commenced in March. Ascertain the position of the month bearing the prefix oct- in that calendar. Exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» of the French course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/10-days-of-the-week-and-months/e4/) [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/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Days of the week and months](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/10-days-of-the-week-and-months/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Days of the week and months It is given that the old Roman year commenced in March. Ascertain the position of the month bearing the prefix oct- in that calendar. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, month · **What happens:** give, commence, ascertain, bear · **To what, where:** It, old Roman year, position, prefix oct This is exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Days of the week and months» of the French 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/french/10-days-of-the-week-and-months/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the old Roman year commenced in March. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:e4:1 # text = It is given that the old Roman year commenced in March. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 commenced commence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | year | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **commence** | participle | | the old Roman year *not said here* | | | march | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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:* Ascertain the position of the month bearing the prefix oct- in that calendar. ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the position of the month bearing the prefix oct- in that calendar. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 prefix prefix NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 oct oct NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the position of the month | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic | | 2 | **bear** | gerund | the month *not said here* | the prefix oct and that calendar | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oct=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sixth ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:e4:o1:1 # text = Sixth 1 Sixth sixth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Tenth ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:e4:o2:1 # text = Tenth 1 Tenth tenth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Twelfth ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:e4:o3:1 # text = Twelfth 1 Twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Eighth ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:10-days-of-the-week-and-months:e4:o4:1 # text = Eighth 1 Eighth eighth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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