--- title: Whereas certain Orthodox churches observe the Nativity upon a later… — The church year · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas certain Orthodox churches observe the Nativity upon a later date, state the date in question. Exam question 4 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 each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/26-the-church-year/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/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [The church year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/26-the-church-year/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The church year Whereas certain Orthodox churches observe the Nativity upon a later date, state the date in question. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** certain Orthodox churches, you · **What happens:** observe, state · **To what, where:** Nativity, date, question This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e4:1 # text = Whereas certain Orthodox churches observe the Nativity upon a later date, state the date in question. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Orthodox orthodox ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 churches church NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 observe observe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Nativity Nativity PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 later late ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 state state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | present | certain Orthodox churches | the Nativity | | | | upon a later date | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nativity=Topic | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the date | | question | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent date=Topic | 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} The twenty-fifth of December ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e4:o1:1 # text = The twenty-fifth of December 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 fifth fifth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 December December PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The first of January ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e4:o2:1 # text = The first of January 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 first first NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 January January PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The sixth of January ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e4:o3:1 # text = The sixth of January 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sixth sixth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 January January PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The seventh of January ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e4:o4:1 # text = The seventh of January 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 seventh seventh NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 January January PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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