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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Seasons and tides · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the institution of leap years. Exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Seasons and tides» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Seasons and tides

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the institution of leap years.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, institution

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Seasons and tides» of the physics 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/physics/40-seasons-and-tides/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the institution of leap years.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the institution of leap years |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus institution=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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An additional day is inserted because the Earth accelerates periodically

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e4:o1:1
# text = An additional day is inserted because the Earth accelerates periodically
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	inserted	insert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	accelerates	accelerate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	periodically	periodically	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insert** | present · passive |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP» |
| 2 | **accelerate** | present | the Earth |  |  |  |  | periodically *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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An additional day is inserted every fourth year to account for the excess quarter day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e4:o2:1
# text = An additional day is inserted every fourth year to account for the excess quarter day
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	inserted	insert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insert** | present · passive |  |  |  |  | day; year |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An additional day is inserted solely by custom and for no astronomical reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e4:o3:1
# text = An additional day is inserted solely by custom and for no astronomical reason
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	inserted	insert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
12	astronomical	astronomical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insert** | present · passive | custom and no astronomical reason |  |  |  | day | solely *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An additional day is inserted to accommodate the Moon's orbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e4:o4:1
# text = An additional day is inserted to accommodate the Moon's orbit
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	inserted	insert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	accommodate	accommodate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	orbit	orbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insert** | present · passive |  |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **accommodate** | to-infinitive |  | the Moon's orbit |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orbit=Patient |

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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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