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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the observance of Ramadan. Exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Islam» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Islam

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the observance of Ramadan.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Islam» 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/31-islam/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the observance of Ramadan.
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	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	observance	observance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the observance of Ramadan |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus observance=Experiencer |
| 5 | **observe** |  |  | Ramadan |  |  |  |  | nom observance «act transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Muslims abstain from food between sunset and dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e3:o1:1
# text = Muslims abstain from food between sunset and dawn
1	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	abstain	abstain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abstain** | present | Muslims |  |  | food between sunset and dawn |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from food=Eventuality |

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

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Adult Muslims abstain from food and drink between dawn and sunset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e3:o2:1
# text = Adult Muslims abstain from food and drink between dawn and sunset
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	abstain	abstain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abstain** | present | Adult Muslims |  |  | food and drink between dawn and sunset |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from food=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All Muslims abstain from food for the entirety of the month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e3:o3:1
# text = All Muslims abstain from food for the entirety of the month
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	abstain	abstain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	entirety	entirety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abstain** | present | all Muslims |  |  | food |  | for the entirety of the month | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from food=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Muslims abstain from food solely upon Fridays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e3:o4:1
# text = Muslims abstain from food solely upon Fridays
1	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	abstain	abstain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abstain** | present | Muslims |  |  | food | friday | solely *property* | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from food=Eventuality |

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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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