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description: Identify the historical event commemorated by the silence observed at eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of November. Exam question 2 of lesson 64 «Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembrance Day and the poppy» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 2 · Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembranc…

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Identify the historical event commemorated by the silence observed at eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of November.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, commemorate, observe · **To what, where:** historical event, silence, eleven o'clock

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 64 «Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembrance Day and the poppy» 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/64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e2:1
# text = Identify the historical event commemorated by the silence observed at eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of November.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	historical	historical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	commemorated	commemorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	eleventh	eleventh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	November	November	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	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 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the historical event |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 2 | **commemorate** | participle |  | the historical event *not said here* |  |  |  | by the silence | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **observe** | participle |  | the silence *not said here* |  | eleven o'clock | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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The founding of the United Nations after the Second World War

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e2:o1:1
# text = The founding of the United Nations after the Second World War
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	founding	founding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	6	compound	_	_
6	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	Second	Second	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
10	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** |  |  | the United Nations after the Second World War |  |  |  |  | nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The coronation of a monarch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e2:o2:1
# text = The coronation of a monarch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coronation	coronation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coronate** |  |  | a monarch |  |  |  |  | nom coronation «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The landing of troops at Gallipoli in 1915

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e2:o3:1
# text = The landing of troops at Gallipoli in 1915
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Gallipoli	Gallipoli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1915	1915	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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The armistice concluding the First World War in 1918

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e2:o4:1
# text = The armistice concluding the First World War in 1918
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	armistice	armistice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	concluding	conclude	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	First	First	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
6	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1918	1918	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | gerund | the armistice *not said here* | the First World War |  | 1918 |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=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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