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description: Select the explanation most accurate as to why Ramadan does not occur in a fixed season. Exam question 3 of lesson 102 «Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 3 · Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many fai…

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Select the explanation most accurate as to why Ramadan does not occur in a fixed season.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Ramadan · **What happens:** select, not occur, fix · **To what, where:** explanation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 102 «Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e3:1
# text = Select the explanation most accurate as to why Ramadan does not occur in a fixed season.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 explanation |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **occur** | present · do-support | Ramadan |  |  |  | season |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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Ramadan is fixed in the same week of every solar year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e3:o1:1
# text = Ramadan is fixed in the same week of every solar year
1	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The date of Ramadan is chosen anew each year by lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e3:o2:1
# text = The date of Ramadan is chosen anew each year by lot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	anew	anew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present · passive | lot | the date of Ramadan |  |  | year | anew *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Islamic calendar follows the moon and is about eleven days shorter than the solar year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e3:o3:1
# text = The Islamic calendar follows the moon and is about eleven days shorter than the solar year
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Islamic	Islamic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | the Islamic calendar | the moon |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Islamic calendar *not said here* |  |  |  | day; year | short *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ramadan is held only in years of a full harvest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e3:o4:1
# text = Ramadan is held only in years of a full harvest
1	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · passive |  | Ramadan |  |  | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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