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description: Ascertain the appropriate interval between the death of a pet and the acquisition of another. Exam question 4 of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» 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 4 · Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»

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Ascertain the appropriate interval between the death of a pet and the acquisition of another.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pet · **What happens:** ascertain, die · **To what, where:** appropriate interval

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» 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/57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the appropriate interval between the death of a pet and the acquisition of another.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	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 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate interval |  |  |  | between the death of a pet and the acquisition of another | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interval=Topic |
| 2 | **die** |  | a pet and the acquisition of another |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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Precisely one calendar year in every instance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e4:o1:1
# text = Precisely one calendar year in every instance
1	Precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Not less than nine days, as is required by long-standing custom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e4:o2:1
# text = Not less than nine days, as is required by long-standing custom
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	than	than	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | standing custom | less |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No fixed interval exists; it differs from person to person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e4:o3:1
# text = No fixed interval exists; it differs from person to person
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	fixed	fixed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	differs	differ	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | no fixed interval |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **differ** | present | interval |  |  |  |  | from person; to person | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from person=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is required to occur on the following day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:57-garden-burials-wild-animals-and-a-new-pet-too-soon:e4:o4:1
# text = It is required to occur on the following day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **occur** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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