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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The church year · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the festival accounted the greatest in the Christian calendar. Exam question 2 of lesson 26 «The church year» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 2 · The church year

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the festival accounted the greatest in the Christian calendar.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, concerning · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, account · **To what, where:** response, festival, greatest, Christian calendar

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «The church year» 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/26-the-church-year/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the festival accounted the greatest in the Christian calendar.
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	12	csubj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	accounted	account	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 festival |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus festival=Experiencer |
| 4 | **account** | past | concerning | the greatest |  | the Christian calendar |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Christmas Day, celebrating the Nativity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e2:o1:1
# text = Christmas Day, celebrating the Nativity
1	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Nativity	Nativity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | gerund | Christmas Day | the Nativity |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nativity=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Epiphany, celebrating the Magi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e2:o2:1
# text = Epiphany, celebrating the Magi
1	Epiphany	Epiphany	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Magi	Magi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | gerund | Epiphany | the Magi |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magi=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Harvest Festival, celebrating the crops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e2:o3:1
# text = Harvest Festival, celebrating the crops
1	Harvest	Harvest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Festival	Festival	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | gerund | Harvest | the crops |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Theme |

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

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Easter Day, celebrating the Resurrection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e2:o4:1
# text = Easter Day, celebrating the Resurrection
1	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Resurrection	resurrection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | gerund | Easter Day | the Resurrection |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resurrection=Theme |

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