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title: "Easter's always the same date, mate, like Christmas." Is it? — Olympiad: Bible stories in order and f… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Easter's always the same date, mate, like Christmas." Is it? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many fai…

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"Easter's always the same date, mate, like Christmas." Is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 102 «Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Easter's always the same date, mate, like Christmas."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t6:1
# text = "Easter's always the same date, mate, like Christmas."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t6:2
# text = Is it?
1	Is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, it's always on 1 April

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, it's always on 1 April
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | on 1 April; always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, it's on any random day that the vicar of each church chooses

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t6:o2:1
# text = No, it's on any random day that the vicar of each church chooses
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	chooses	choose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | on any random day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **choose** | present | the vicar of each church |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's always 25 March

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, it's always 25 March
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
7	March	March	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 | **is a** | present | it | 25 |  |  | march | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Easter moves each year because it is fixed by the moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t6:o4:1
# text = No, Easter moves each year because it is fixed by the moon
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | Easter |  |  |  | year |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** | present · passive | the moon | it |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=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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